Arbeitspapier

The measurement of household consumption expenditures

Household-level data on consumer expenditures underpins a wide range of empirical research in modern economics, spanning micro- and macroeconomics. This research includes work on consumption and saving, on poverty and inequality, and on risk sharing and insurance. We review different ways in which such data can be collected or captured: traditional detailed budget surveys, less onerous survey procedures that might be included in more general surveys, and administrative or process data. We discuss the advantages and difficulties of each approach and suggest directions for future investigation.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IFS Working Papers ; No. W14/07

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
expenditure
survey data
administrative data
measurement error

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Browning, Martin
Crossley, Thomas
Winter, Joachim
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
(where)
London
(when)
2014

DOI
doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2014.1407
Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Browning, Martin
  • Crossley, Thomas
  • Winter, Joachim
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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