National Transfer Accounts: Private Transfers

1. National Transfer Accounts: Private Transfers Marjorie Pajaron University of Hawaii at Manoa & East-West Center National Transfer Accounts

2. The Flow Account Identity National Transfer Accounts

3. National Transfer Accounts

4. Note. Some columns do not total because of rounding. Net transfers consist of public transfers (cash transfers + in-kind transfers less taxes) and private transfers (mostly familial transfers). Positive values imply that inflows exceed outflows. National Transfer Accounts

5. Outline • Private Transfers • Inter-household Transfers • Intra-household Transfers • Summary National Transfer Accounts

6. I. Private Transfers National Transfer Accounts

7. I. Private Transfers • Members of one age group provide economic resources to members of another age group, which is mediated by the households and non-profit institutions serving household sector (NPISH) • Motives for private transfers are not determined • “Flows that involve no explicitquid pro quo.” • “Private transfers must balance, i.e., inflows = outflows in total.” National Transfer Accounts

8. I. Private Transfers • Private transfer function: individuals give and receive transfers • Inter-household transfers • Intra-household transfers • Capital transfers, e.g., bequest, dowries, etc. National Transfer Accounts

9. I. Private Transfers National Transfer Accounts

10. II. Inter-household Transfers National Transfer Accounts

11. II. Inter-household Transfers • Transfer of resources to and from other households, NPISH and ROW • Held by the household head • Steps for constructing age profile: 1) Use household survey data and make sure there is only one household head; 2) For inflows, look for variable that measures the transfers from other household, individuals, and NPISH * (e.g. remittances received from other households, charities from church, etc.) National Transfer Accounts

12. II. Inter-household Transfers • Steps for constructing age profile: 3.For outflows, look for variable that measures the transfers to other household, individuals, and NPISH * (e.g. donations to churches, charities, etc. ) 4. Tabulate these variables by age of head making sure that you use weights 5. Smooth the age profile 6. Adjust the age profiles to match the macro control * National Transfer Accounts

13. II. Inter-household Transfers • Inflows = Outflows if there are no inflows from or outflows to other countries. • Private Transfer macro control is attributed to net inter-household transfers since intra-household transfer must net to zero. • Remittances are considered as inter-household transfers (true for Mexico and partially for the Philippines). National Transfer Accounts

14. II. Inter-household Transfers 3 Methods in Adjusting Inter-HH Inflows and Outflows if total inflows are not equal to total outflows National Transfer Accounts

15. II. Inter-household Transfers National Transfer Accounts

16. II. Inter-household Transfers National Transfer Accounts

17. II. Inter-household Transfers National Transfer Accounts

18. III. Intra-household Transfers National Transfer Accounts

19. III. Intra-household Transfers • Indirectly measured by comparing estimates of the consumption of each individual with the income of each individual. • Transfers for current consumption – when members incur current deficits (disposable Y < current C) they receive transfer inflows from members who have current surplus (disposable Y > current C) . • Inflows and outflows depend on surpluses and deficits of each member not on individual characteristics such as age. National Transfer Accounts

20. III. Intra-household Transfers • Disposable income (YD) YD = Labor Income + Public Cash Transfer Inflows – Taxes Paid (Including Indirect Tax on Consumption) + Net inter-household transfers + Public Asset Income – Public Saving (in green font, to be verified) National Transfer Accounts

21. III. Intra-household Transfers • Methodology in estimating the age profile of intra-household transfers • Preparation of Data • Transfers for Current Consumption • Transfers of Remaining Surplus to Head • Transfers for Durable Consumption • Graphical Illustrations • Example of intra-household transfers age profiles National Transfer Accounts

22. III.1 Preparation of Data • Using the household survey, the following unsmoothed variables adjusted to control totals should be available (assuming a single survey has all the necessary variables): (a) labor income (b) current consumption sectors – education, health, other (c) durable consumption sectors – housing, other (d) public cash transfers (e) public asset income (to be verified) (f) public saving (to be verified) (g) taxes paid (including indirect tax on consumption)* (h) inter-household transfers National Transfer Accounts

23. III.1 Preparation of Data 1. Unsmoothed variables adjusted to control totals (single survey used) 2. What to do if variables come from two (or more) survey problem (?) a) Choose one survey that has household head and age of all members b) Assign control total-adjusted profile values (from other surveys) to each individual based on age c) Apply intra-household transfer methodology using the assigned profile instead of survey responses. 3. Only one household head per household 4. Consumption values must be non-negative National Transfer Accounts

24. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption 1. Compute for surplus/deficit for each member i in household j and total surplus/deficit for household j (*) Surplus (i,j) if (Disposable Y (i,j) - Total Current C(i,j)) > 0 Deficit (i,j) if (Disposable Y(i,j) - Total Current C(i,j))< 0 2. Compute for total surplus/deficit for household j Shortfall exists for household (j) if the total deficit in household (j) > total surplus in household (j) National Transfer Accounts

25. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption 3. Calculate the tax rate • Tax rate varies across households but is independent of the age of the individual within the household. • Flat-rate tax is imposed on each member’s surplus income and this taxed surplus is transferred to support current consumption of other members. (*) Tax (j) = min (1, Deficit (j) / Surplus (j) ) Deficit (j) = total deficits of all household members in household j Surplus (j) = total surpluses of all household members in household j National Transfer Accounts

26. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption 4. Compute for intra-household outflows for current consumption • Non-heads transfer resources to other members equal to their taxed surplus • Heads transfer resources to household members equal to their taxed surplus and any shortfall that he/she finances through asset income or dis-saving, excluding his/her own deficit National Transfer Accounts

27. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption 5. Compute for intra-household inflows and outflows for current consumption by sector. • Transfers received by non-head in each current consumption sector is equal to the proportion of that sector to his total current consumption. • Household head has the same calculation except that he/she has to finance his/her own deficit through asset income or dis-saving, which is not recorded as transfer (when shortfall exists for the household). (*) National Transfer Accounts

28. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption • Current transfer outflows from individual (i) in each current consumption sector are proportional to the total household inflows to each sector. National Transfer Accounts

29. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption • To verify if the calculations are correct: total inflows = total outflows (for each sector, by household, and in aggregate) * National Transfer Accounts

30. II. Intra-household Transfers National Transfer Accounts

31. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption National Transfer Accounts

32. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption National Transfer Accounts

33. III.2 Transfers for Current Consumption National Transfer Accounts

34. III.3 Transfers of Remaining Surplus to Head • Any surplus held by non-heads that is not used for current consumption transfers is transferred to the head to be saved. (Outflows for non-heads, TFWSO) • The head receives all the excess surplus. (Inflows to heads, TFWSI)* National Transfer Accounts

35. III.3 Transfers of Remaining Surplus to Head National Transfer Accounts

36. II.4 Transfers for Durable Consumption • Transfers for Owner-Occupied Housing • Household head holds all the assets (including services from owner-occupied housing) by assumption. Consumption of housing for non-head member (living in owner-occupied housing) is financed by transfers from head • Transfers for Other Durable Goods • If consumption of durable goods is calculated as a flow from existing durable goods, non-head members receive transfers from head equal to the value of member’s durable consumption (just like the treatment for owner-occupied housing). National Transfer Accounts

37. III.4 Transfers for Durable Consumption • Transfers for durable (asset) consumption (housing, and other durable consumption) flow from head to non-heads. • Non-heads receive transfers equal to their durable consumption. National Transfer Accounts

38. II.4 Transfers for Durable Consumption National Transfer Accounts

39. Summary 1. Importance of Private Transfers 2. Inter-household Transfers and how to handle remittances 3. Intra-household Transfers a. Transfers for Current Consumption b. Transfers for Durable Consumption c. Transfers of Remaining Surplus to Head National Transfer Accounts

40. Acknowledgement Support for this project has been provided by the following institutions: • the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; • the National Institute on Aging: NIA, R37-AG025488 and NIA, R01-AG025247; • the International Development Research Centre (IDRC); • the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); • the Academic Frontier Project for Private Universities: matching fund subsidy from MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), 2006-10, granted to the Nihon University Population Research Institute. National Transfer Accounts

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