Problems of operationalizing the concept of a cost-of-living index



Table 7: LR of the AIDS vs. the QUAIDS

model 1: AIDS with symmetry and homogeneity restrictions

model 2: QUAIDS with symmetry and homogeneity restrictions

Modell

df4

log lik.2>

ddf3)

LR

p -value sig.4

1988 1

52

12,641.22

2

60

12,649.86

8

17.28

0.0273            **

1993 1

52

7,708.46

2

60

7,711.36

8

5.80

0.6696

1998 1

52

4,738.93

2

60

4,754.24

8

30.62

0.0001           ***

2003 1

52

3,475.45

2

60

3,494.32

8

37.74

0.0000           ***

4 degrees of freedom

4 log likelihood value

3 difference between degrees of freedom of the two models

4) level of significance: * = 0.1, **=0.05, ***=0.01

45



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