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OECD Handbook on the Compilation of Household Distributional Results on Income, Consumption and Saving in Line with National Accounts Totals

This publication presents guidance for the compilation of distributional results on household income, consumption and saving consistent with national accounts totals. These results are a key input for evidence-based policies targeting inequality and fostering inclusive growth, providing insights into key dimensions of material well-being across household groups. The results complement existing inequality measures by including elements that are often lacking from micro statistics and by providing inequality measures consistent with macroeconomic aggregates, broadening the scope for analyses, while also capturing households and transactions that are typically underrepresented in micro data. Moreover, while the estimates do require a number of statistical choices and assumptions, they have a high degree of international comparability because of the common methodology and their alignment to national accounts results. The handbook provides an overview of the conceptual framework underlying the distributional results and discusses various aspects in relation to the compilation and presentation of the distributional results. It aims to assist compilers in deriving high-quality distributional results and to provide users with more insights into the main benefits of these results as well as into the way that the results have been derived.

Published on January 29, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Executive summary
Overview
Conceptual framework
Overview of the methodology
Adjustment of National Accounts totals
Determining relevant micro data sources
Imputation for missing items
Aligning micro data with national accounts totals
Linking or matching data across data sources
Clustering households into household groups
Overview of the income items
Overview of all consumption items
Consistency and plausibility checks
Indicators to present distributional results
Further work
Comparison between macro and micro concepts
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