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Subtitle: Using the British household panel survey to analyse the household sector balance sheet
By: by Victoria Redwood and Merxe Tudela.
Contributors: Tudela, Merxe; Bank of England.
Series: Working paper,; no. 239; Working paper (Bank of England : Online) ;; no.239.
Publisher: Bank of England
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Households -- Economic aspectss -- Great Britain; Household surveys -- Great Britain
Description: "This paper evaluates the reliability of specific variables in the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) by comparing grossed-up variables from the BHPS with their corresponding national aggregates. The paper focuses on those variables that provide the most information on risks to financial stability stemming from households, particularly household balance sheet variables relating to debt and assets, and income. The results indicate that housing wealth and income derived from the BHPS are broadly consistent with the aggregate measures. But unsecured debt and financial wealth are substantially under-recorded in the BHPS relative to the aggregate benchmark"--Bank of England web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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