Estimates of poverty and inequality are often based on application of a single equivalence
scale, despite the fact that a large number of different equivalence scales can be found in …

Most equivalence scales which are applied in research on poverty and inequality do not
depend on income, although there is strong empirical evidence that equivalence scales in …

The estimation of equivalence scales is an important aspect of any poverty or inequality
analysis. Most of the research and policy recommendations rely on so called expert scales …

The main aim of the paper is to contribute to the poverty measurement literature by
demonstrating a method to reduce the impact of equivalence scales in poverty …

The paper presents the Eurostat experience in calculating measures of precision, including
standard errors, confidence intervals and design effect coefficients-the ratio of the variance …

Using microdata from Household Budget Surveys of the Member States of the European
Community, this paper examines the sensitivity of poverty statistics with respect to the choice …

Past tests of the sensitivity of aggregate poverty measures to changes in equivalence scales
can be very sensitive to the arbitrary choice of the pivotal reference demographics. It is …

To account for the fact that a household's needs depend on its size and composition most
studies on income inequality adjust the observed household incomes by equivalence …

When measuring poverty, an equivalence scale is used to take account of the different
income needs of different family types. However, there is little consensus about the choice of …

The paper studies the effect of the choice of equivalence scale and unit of analysis on
poverty measures using data from urban Ethiopia. Four types of equivalence scales and …