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This research uses microdata from the 1986 Statistics Canada Family Expenditure Survey and from the 1986–88 U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey to estimate equivalence scales using a methodology which is very similar to that employed by Statistics Canada for the estimation of Low‐Income Cutoffs. Employing identical sample selection criteria and identically specified models, we find that equivalence scales for the two countries are not, in general, statistically different when estimated in the same way. The larger issue is then whether the two countries should choose the same methodology for the estimation of equivalence sca

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00042.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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Constant price calculation of service production is a problematic issue in contemporary national accounts, and it is far more so in historical series. The indicator method has been suggested as one way of coming to terms with volume calculations. This method is scrutinized, and it is claimed that it does not representthesolution for historical matters. Instead, various techniques have to be used for various parts of the total. The methods of deflating service production in five countries' historical national accounts as well as the consequences of using different methods are compared. Most often, existing series are not compatible with those for goods production, which of course has repercussions on attempts to study e.g. productivity. It is concluded that much work has to be done to improve the methodology and to arrive at a common international framework for historical national accounts.

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00043.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper uses unit record survey data to implement a 1977 United Nations recommendation that imputed rent from owner‐occupied housing be included in household income in statistics collected for income distribution purposes. The conceptual difficulties associated with employing the recommended National Accounts approach are highlighted by a comparison of the methodologies used to impute housing income for National Accounts purposes, for use in income distribution analyses and for income taxation purposes. The empirical difficulties associated with implementing the preferred approach are also discussed. The results reinforce the significant impact owner‐occupation has on the well‐being of many households and point to the importance of a disaggregate analysis of its distributional i

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00044.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper studies immobility in the distribution of income using Swedish data. Tax data shows immobility in personal income to be a decreasing function of the length of the period over which it is studied and an increasing function of initial age. The results show immobility to be larger among males than among females. Based on a household income survey it is found that when the time period expands from one to two years, the Gini‐coefficient of equivalent income per person decreases by five percent. A sample of males indicates that income immobility between generations in Sweden is lo

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00045.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper compares the automatic dissaving of annuity wealth with the discretionary dissaving of marketable wealth that would result from life‐cycle consumption behavior by retired persons. In simulations of a life‐cycle model based on the isoelastic utility function and realistic parameter values, we find that marketable wealth normally would be dissaved more rapidly than annuity wealth. This suggests that empirical findings that show the opposite relation‐slow dissaving of marketable wealth being accompanied by faster dissaving of annuity wealth (or total wealth)‐should not be interpreted as evidence that supports the life‐cyc

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00046.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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National accounts aggregates are not only abused as welfare indicators, there is also a considerable misuse in economic analysis and in modeling. Characteristics of national accounts‐such as consistency, homogeneity and comprehensiveness‐may turn into major disadvantages in the case of improper use. The main sources of misuse are the confusion of concepts, inadequate statistical units, the role of aggregation and what might be called “modeling on the basis of the results of modeling.” A plea is made for different data sets for different analytical purposes, for separate treatment of descriptive data, analytical data and modeling results, correct labeling and for a more open information s

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00047.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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Among the priorities of the Romanian strategy in the statistics field, the introduction of the National Accounts System is known as an important instrument for the experience of Romanian specialists in calculating some aggregated indicators of the National Accounts System since 1975 created the conditions to elaborate the national accounts.The 1990Romanian Yearbookcontains for the first time figures concerning Gross Domestic Product between 1980 and 1989, detailed by branches, incomes and expenses and also by aggregated input‐output figures. By taking advantage of the technical assistance and support of French specialists in the National Accounts field, Romania made the first steps in elaborating the National Accounts System.Thus, methodological studies about the institutional sectors in the Romanian economy, the description of the operations in accounts adapted to our particularities, and specific aspects in the elaboration of input‐output tables are now underway. The recorded progress, as well as the programs for the coming years and the technical assistance granted by EEC and by other countries assure us that by assiduous efforts we shall be able to build a statistics system which will satisfy the domestic requirements, concepts and methods used at the international level.MOTTO: “Transition to the market economy may be imagined as a vehicle which requires a powerful engine for functioning. For statistics this means the national acco

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00048.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0034-6586    

DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00049.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY