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The measurement of child costs : evidence from Ireland
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Date Issued
2010-01
Date Available
2010-12-06T14:56:08Z
Abstract
We apply an extension of the Rothbarth approach to estimate the share of
household resources accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children) in Ireland.
The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household
and indifference scales in Lewbel (2003)'s sense. A practical aspect of the
present approach is that it does not require price variation. The identi cation
of the children's share requires the observation of adult-speci c goods as in
the traditional Rothbarth method. We compare our fi ndings to previous
results for Ireland.
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
WP 10 02
Classification
D11
D12
C30
I31
J12
Subject – LCSH
Home economics--Accounting
Child rearing--Economic aspects--Ireland
Consumption (Economics)
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Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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