Economic theory of spatial cost of living indices with application to Thailand

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kakwani, N; Hill, RJ
• 署名单位: University of New South Wales Sydney
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00174-2
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 71-97
• 关键词: cost of living index; welfare index; cost function; axiomatic approach; poverty and inequality measurement

摘要

This paper develops an axiomatic approach for constructing bilateral and multilateral spatial cost of living and welfare indices. The methodology is then used to construct urban and rural cost of living and welfare indices for various regions of Thailand. The implications of our results for inequality and poverty measurement are discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.