Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
集体家庭中的消费规模经济
Economies of Scale to Consumption in Collective Households
摘要
Browning et al. (2013) model collective‐household economies of scale in goods consumption by having each good be partly shared, instead of each good being public or private. We modify their model to achieve simple point identification and estimation of the economies of scale of consumption of each good, and we provide a new index of household level economies of scale. Our model has a linear form, permits households of varying composition, including children, and accommodates unobserved heterogeneity in both preferences and in the economies of scale of each good. We provide estimates using Canadian Surveys of Household Spending data.
中文摘要
Browning等人（2013）通过让每种商品部分共享，而非将每种商品完全视为公共品或私人品，来建模集体家庭在商品消费中的规模经济。我们修改了他们的模型，以实现对每种商品消费规模经济的简单点识别与估计，并提出了一种新的家庭层面规模经济指数。我们的模型具有线性形式，允许家庭构成存在差异，包括有子女的家庭，并容纳了偏好以及每种商品规模经济中不可观测的异质性。我们使用加拿大住户支出调查数据提供了估计结果。