Estimating equivalence scales and non-food needs in Egypt: Parametric and semiparametric regression modeling.

ABSTRACT: This paper investigated the appropriate specifications of Engel curves for non-food expenditure categories and estimated the deprivation indices of non-food needs in rural areas using a semi parametric examination of the presence of saturation points. The study used the extended partial linear model (EPLM) and adopted two estimation methods-the double residual estimator and differencing estimator-to obtain flexible shapes across different expenditure categories and estimate equivalence scales. We drew on data of the Egyptian Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey (HIEC). Our paper provides empirical evidence that the rankings of most non-food expenditure categories is of rank three at most. Rural households showed high economies of scale in non-food consumption, with child's

SUBMITTER: Awwad FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8378757 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature