dc.contributor.author | Fagereng, Andreas | |
dc.contributor.author | Halvorsen, Elin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-31T09:07:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-31T09:07:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12-15 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1892-753X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2570295 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper documents a method for computing a longitudinal consumption measure for Norwegian households from administrative records of income and wealth.
Data on consumption expenditure of the household is essential in a wide array of economic research. This includes both topics in micro as well as macroeconomics. However, obtaining a consistent and precise measure of household consumption has proven notoriously difficult. This paper documents a method for computing a longitudinal consumption measure for Norwegian households from administrative records of income and wealth. Expenditure surveys tend to suffer from limited sample sizes and underrepresentation of high-income households. Administrative data does not have such limitations and offers a much larger sample with better coverage of all household types. This is particularly useful for improving the measurement of heterogeneity in consumption behavior. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion Papers;No. 831 | |
dc.subject | Husholdningsøkonomi | nb_NO |
dc.title | Imputing consumption from Norwegian income and wealth registry data | nb_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212 | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 42 s. | nb_NO |