EQUIVALENCE SCALES, WELL‐BEING, INEQUALITY, AND POVERTY: SENSITIVITY ESTIMATES ACROSS TEN COUNTRIES USING THE LUXEMBOURG INCOME STUDY (LIS) DATABASE
EQUIVALENCE SCALES, WELL‐BEING, INEQUALITY, AND POVERTY: SENSITIVITY ESTIMATES ACROSS TEN COUNTRIES USING THE LUXEMBOURG INCOME STUDY (LIS) DATABASE
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等量表、福祉、不平等和贫困：使用卢森堡收入研究 (LIS) 数据库对十个国家的敏感性估计
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1988
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T. Smeeding
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Brigitte Buhmann;L. Rainwater;Guenther Schmaus;T. Smeeding
本文所基于的卢森堡收入研究 (LIS) 数据库为研究人员提供了基于家庭收入微观数据进行国际比较的令人兴奋的新可能性。 LIS 微数据允许研究人员做出多种选择，例如：收入定义、收入核算单位等，是家庭等值量表的选择，是一种通过根据可衡量的需求差异调整收入来估计经济福祉的方法。
十个低收入国家和其他国家可以并正在使用的潜在等值量表范围广泛，用于根据规模和相关需求差异调整收入。本文的目的是回顾可用的等值量表，并使用 LIS 数据库测试各种收入不平等和贫困措施对等值量表选择的敏感性。我们的分析结果表明，等值量表的选择有时会系统性地影响绝对和相对贫困水平；和不平等以及国家（或国家内的人口分组）的排名。由于这些敏感性，人们必须仔细考虑从贫困和/或不平等的跨国比较中得出的总结性陈述和政策影响。
The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database on which this article is based offers researchers exciting new possibilities for international comparisons based on household income microdata. Among the choices the LIS microdata allows a researcher, e.g. income definition, income accounting unit, etc., is the choice of family equivalence scale, a method for estimating economic well-being by adjusting income for measurable differences in need.
The range of potential equivalence scales that can and are being used in the ten LIS countries and elsewhere to adjust incomes for size and related differences in need span a wide spectrum. The purpose of this paper is to review the available equivalence scales and to test the sensitivity of various income inequality and poverty measures to choice of equivalence scale using the LIS database. The results of our analysis indicate that choice of equivalence scale can sometimes systematically affect absolute and relative levels of poverty; and inequality and therefore rankings of countries (or population subgroups within countries). Because of these sensitivities, one must carefully consider summary statements and policy implications derived from cross-national comparisons of poverty and/or inequality.