The British Household Panel Survey and its Income Data
43 Pages Posted: 18 Oct 2010
Abstract
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income definition is modelled on that used in Britainメs official personal income distribution statistics (Households Below Average Income, HBAI). I show that cross-sectional BHPS distributions track corresponding HBAI ones relatively well over time.
Keywords: British Household Panel Survey, household income, net income, disposable income, Households Below Average Income, income distribution, inequality, poverty
JEL Classification: C81, D31, I32
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