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Estimating Electric Power's Equivalent Scale for the Urban Iranian Household

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  • Salem, Aliasghar

    (Associate Professor of economics at Allameh Tabatabai University)

  • Fridzad, Ali

    (Department of Energy, Agriculture and Environmental Economics, Allameh Tabataba University, Tehran, Iran)

  • Amini, Mitra

    (Department of Economics, Allameh Tabatabe University, Tehran, Iran)

Abstract

Household equivalent scale is an index to measure the impact of household demographic characteristics, such as the householder’s age and gender, the number of household members, etc., and plays a significant role in measuring poverty and inequality. By taking into account demographic characteristics differences, this index facilitates the reasonable comparison

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  • Salem, Aliasghar & Fridzad, Ali & Amini, Mitra, 2020. "Estimating Electric Power's Equivalent Scale for the Urban Iranian Household," Journal of Money and Economy, Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, vol. 15(3), pages 295-312, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:mbr:jmonec:v:15:y:2020:i:3:p:295-312
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