Real income equivalence among one-earner and two-earner families.
提出一种方法，将名义收入转换为可比的实际收入，用于比较相同家庭规模但不同收入者数量的家庭，发现双收入与单收入家庭的名义收入差距远大于实际生活水平差距。
In an earlier paper we proposed a technique for making income comparisons across various household sizes. In this paper we employ a modified version of that method to convert nominal income to some real equivalent comparable across families of a given size but with one or two family earners. We begin with a discussion of some of the conceptual difficulties involved in making cross-family size or structure comparisons in income. We then describe spending pattern differences between one- and two-earner families. The final section discusses our effort to convert nominal income into comparable real income units. We conclude that nominal income differences between two and one- earner families far overstate differences in standards of living. (excerpt)