Variable Income Equivalence Scales

1.1 A Brief Overview
1.2 Objective of the Thesis
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
- Equivalence-Scale Measurement
2.1 Expert Approaches
2.1.1 Literature Survey
2.1.2 Evaluation
2.2 Economic Approaches
2.2.1 Demand Theory
2.2.2 Literature Survey
2.2.3 Evaluation
2.3 Survey Approaches
2.3.1 Consensual Approach
2.3.2 Subjective Approach
- The Potential Dependence of Equivalence Scales on Income
3.1 Plausibility of Constant Equivalence Scales
3.2 Empirical Picture
3.3 Conclusion
- Equivalence Scales, Employment and Household Production
4.1 The Earnings-Capacity Argument
4.2 The Household Production Argument
4.3 Conclusion
- A New Consensual Approach
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The New Survey Design
5.3 On the Choice of Income as an Indicator of Well-Being
5.4 Validity and Reliability: Test Methods
5.4.1 Validity
5.4.2 Reliability
- Survey I
6.1 Motivation and Outline
6.2 Questionnaire Design
6.3 Breakdown of the Samples
6.3.1 Demographic Situation
6.3.2 Income, Education, and Employment
6.3.3 Conclusion
6.4 Regression Model, Notation, and Data Preparation
6.5 Country-specific Regression Analysis
6.6 Cross-country Differences
6.7 Descriptive Analysis
6.8 Validity
6.9 Reliability
- Survey II
7.1 Motivation and Outline
7.2 On Internet Surveys
7.3 Questionnaire Design
7.4 Breakdown of the Samples
7.4.1 Demographic Situation
7.4.2 Income, Education, and Employment
7.4.3 Conclusion
7.5 Regression Model, Notation, and Data Preparation
7.6 Country-specific Regression Analysis
7.7 Cross-country Differences
7.8 Descriptive Analysis
7.9 Validity
7.10 Reliability
- Conclusion
- List of Symbols
- List of Figures and Tables
- References

Carsten Schröder ist als Labrador-Züchter, Ausbilder und Leistungsrichter im Deutschen Retriever Club und im benachbarten Ausland tätig.