Lineare Ausgabensysteme, Existenzminima und Sozialhilfe / Linear Expenditure Systems, Subsistence Levels and Welfare Payments

Missong Martin and Stryck Ingo
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Missong Martin: Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie sowie Institut für Ernährungswirtschaft und Verbrauchslehre, Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel
Stryck Ingo: Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie sowie Institut für Ernährungswirtschaft und Verbrauchslehre, Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 1998, vol. 217, issue 5, 574-588

Abstract: Drawing on German microdata, we estimate subsistence expenditures for households of different sizes in extended linear expenditure systems. We find that economies of scale in households’ subsistence consumption might be lower, as compared to the results of previous studies (Merz/ Faik (1995), Faik (1995)) using more restrictive estimation techniques. However, our estimated size effects prove to be by far more distinct than those inherent in the lump sum grants from the German Social Assistance System.

Keywords: Empirical consumption analysis; welfare measurement; linear expenditure systems; household budget data; social security system; Empirische Konsumforschung; Wohlfahrtsmessung; Lineare Ausgabensysteme; Einkommens-und Verbrauchsstichprobe; Sozialhilfesystema; Empirical consumption analysis; welfare measurement; linear expenditure systems; household budget data; social security system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-1998-0504

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