Impact of Prices, Equivalence Scales and Consumer Preferences on Inequality in Australia, 1975/76-93/94

Paul Blacklow and Ranjan Ray

Working Papers from Tasmania - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines inequality in Australia using four Household Expenditure Surveys (HES) between 1975/76 and 1993/94, from the Australian Burau of Statistics (ABS). The effects on inequality of the choice of welfare variable, equivalence scale and price index are examined.

Keywords: SOCIAL WELFARE; PRICES; CONSUMPTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 D11 D63 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1998
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