TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bargain, Olivier B.
AU  - Donni, Olivier
AU  - Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick
        TI  - The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from Ireland
        PY  - 2009/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4672
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4672
        AB  - We apply an extension of the Rothbarth approach to estimate the share of household resources accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children) in Ireland. The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household and indifference scales in Lewbel (2003)’s sense. A practical aspect of the present approach is that it does not require price variation. The identification of the children's share requires the observation of adult-specific goods as in the traditional Rothbarth method. We compare our findings to previous results for Ireland.
        KW  - indifference scales
KW  - consumer demand
KW  - collective model
KW  - sharing rule
KW  - cost of children
KW  - equivalence scales
        ER  -