The Econometrics Of Household Equivalence Scales  Paper to the
Wellington Statistics Group (WSG), 11 February, 2004.  Keywords:
Distributional Economics; Statistics;  1. Claudio Michelini 2.
Household Equivalence Scales 3. Characterising Equivalence
Scales 4. Available Scales 5. Which Scale Should We Use? 6.
Which Scale Do We Use? 7. A Simple Econometric Procedure 8. The
Michelini Scale 9. Conclusion  1. Claudio Michelini  I am
grateful for the opportunity that this Wellington Statistics
Group occasion gives to me honour Claudio Michelini, who died
unexpectedly from a brain tumour just four years ago. I knew him
professionally rather than socially, so there are others who
could speak more knowledgeably of his personal qualities, but he
was one of those wonderfully eccentric immigrants who have given
this country so much character. Professionally I found him
extremely competent and so recall with pleasure a number of
lively sessions between him and myself and Suzie Ballantyne when
he enthusiastically and cheer