Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46091 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5242
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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'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.
Subjects: 
British Household Panel Survey
household income
net income
disposable income
Households Below Average Income
income distribution
inequality
poverty
JEL: 
C81
D31
I32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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