Measuring the costs of children: Parametric and semiparametric estimators
Measuring the costs of children: Parametric and semiparametric estimators
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衡量儿童成本：参数和半参数估计器
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9574.1996.tb01486.x
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发表时间：
1996
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
A. Soest
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文献类型：
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作者：
B. Melenberg;A. Soest
一个有四个孩子的家庭需要多少额外收入才能达到与两个孩子的家庭相同的福利水平？与没有孩子的夫妇相比，单身人士需要多少钱？这些问题在应用微观经济学中很重要，并且是社会福利和儿童津贴等公共政策的基础。在微观经济学中，这被称为测量等价尺度的问题。我们使用两种类型的主观调查信息来估计这些规模。首先，我们使用有关达到给定效用水平所需收入的调查问题的答案。我们将通常的线性模型的结果与半参数估计进行比较，其中所需收入与家庭规模和实际收入之间关系的函数形式未指定。其次，我们使用问题的答案：您对实际家庭收入的满意度如何？我们提出了解释该离散变量的有序响应模型的参数和半参数估计。我们发现，根据第二种信息，孩子的成本比第一种信息要大得多。
How much additional income does a family with four children need to attain the same welfare level as a family with two children? And how much does a single person need compared to a childless couple? These questions are important in applied micro-economics and underlie public policy on, for example, social benefits and child allowances. In microeconomics, this is known as the problem of measuring equivalence scales. We estimate these scales using two types of subjective survey information. First, we use answers to survey questions on the income required to attain a given utility level. We compare the results for the usual linear model with semiparametric estimates, in which the functional form of the relationship between required income and family size and actual income is left unspecified. Second, we use answers to the question: how satisfied are you with actual household income? We present parametric and semiparametric estimates for ordered response models explaining this discrete variable. We find that according to the second type of information, costs of children are much larger than according to the first.
影响因子：
6.1
作者：
ROBINSON, PM
通讯作者：
ROBINSON, PM
影响因子：
6.1
作者：
GALLANT, AR;NYCHKA, DW
通讯作者：
NYCHKA, DW