Transfers and Asset-based Age Profiles by Gender

Gretchen DonehowerNTA Time Use and Gender Workshop

Tuesday, October 23, 2012Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República

Montevideo, Uruguay

Outline

1. NTTA– What other age- and sex-specific profiles are

there in NTTA?– Estimating private transfers in NTTA

2. NTA– What other age- and sex-specific profiles are

there in NTA?– Estimation strategy– Sensitivity testing

NTTA – what other profiles to estimate?

• For NTTA, only have private transfers– No asset income• Household production does have an asset income

component - the flow of services from consumer durables - but very hard to estimate

– No saving or dissaving • Time cannot be saved as an asset, or borrowed against

the future

– No public transfers???• Not sure about compulsory public service (jury duty,

military service, prison) so not included for now.

Private Transfers in NTTA - Interhousehold

• Recall from the spreadsheet example that interhousehold transfers (between households) come from care variables where the recipient is outside of the household.– Interhousehold outflow is same as production age

profile for care of those outside of the household– Interhousehold inflow is the same as the allocated

consumption of care for those outside of the household (per capita within target age group)

Private Transfers in NTTA - Intrahousehold

• Intrahousehold transfers (within households) are the same as production and consumption, minus two types of time:– care for those outside of the household– time produced which is consumed by the same

person who produced it• See simplified spreadsheet example

NTA – what other profiles to estimate?

• All of them…

NTA – Estimation strategy for other profiles

• Strategy for transfers and asset-based is the same as for lifecycle deficit variables:

1. Apply the usual NTA method2. Instead of age-specific means, calculate age- and

sex-specific means instead3. Adjust the age- and sex- profiles so they are

consistent with the single-sex profiles

NTA - Sensitivity Tests• NTA headship assumptions have huge impact on asset-

based reallocations and private transfers– Only heads can own assets, receive asset income, go into

debt– Only heads can make and receive interhousehold transfers– Only heads can make intrahousehold transfers based on

asset income, sale of assets, or going into debt• Examine results under alternative headship definition

(work in progress)– Highest wage-earner in household– Owner or renter of dwelling– Proportional to wages– Equal for all adults in household