Abstract
Recent studies in industrialized countries have shown that equivalence scales are income-dependent. We investigate whether this dependence also holds in poorer, services oriented countries, by considering the case of Cyprus. We also examine whether household economies of scale and relative children costs differ from those found for industrialized countries.
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Koulovatianos, C., Schröder, C. & Schmidt, U. Properties of Equivalence Scales in Different Countries. J Econ 86, 19–27 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-005-0141-y
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