Children and household living standards

Published on 1 January 1993

A survey of the main issues involved in using equivalence scales to estimate the costs of children for policy purposes: the authors estimate a range of scales for the UK and examine the impact of varying scales on official statistics.

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A survey of the main issues involved in using equivalence scales to estimate the costs of children for policy purposes: the authors estimate a range of scales for the UK and examine the impact of varying scales on official statistics.

    Authors

    James Banks
    James Banks

    CPP Co-Director

    James is Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Manchester, working on broad issues in the economics of retirement, savings and health.

    Paul Johnson
    Paul Johnson

    Director

    Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

    Report details

    DOI
    10.1920/re.ifs.1993.0042
    ISBN
    978-1-873357-21-7
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Banks, J and Johnson, P. (1993). Children and household living standards. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/children-and-household-living-standards (accessed: 2 December 2024).

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