The behavioral and welfare analysis of consumption : the cost of children, equity and poverty in Colombia /

"The Behavioral and Welfare Analysis of Consumption is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students interested in the applied fields of consumption economics, welfare economics, development economics and applied econometrics. The contents of...

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Main Author: Perali, Federico
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Theory
  • 1. A Demographically Modified Demand Model: Behavioral and Welfare Properties
  • 2. Demographics and Quality: Household Production Theory and the "Repackaging Model" Revisited
  • 3. Household Equivalence Scales and Interpersonal Comparisons
  • Pt. II. Econometric Applications
  • 4. Estimation of a Censored Demand System
  • 5. Indexes of Characteristics: Income and Substitution Effects
  • 6. The Cost of Children and the Distribution of Welfare
  • Pt. III. Policy Applications
  • 7. Microsimulations of Poverty and Inequality Using the Distribution of Welfare
  • 8. Equity Versus Efficiency in Colombia During the Second Half of the 1980s
  • 9. Conclusions
  • Annex. Issues in Data Management of Expenditure Surveys and Non-Parametric Tools.