Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Review of income and wealth
20 (1974), S. 0
ISSN:
1475-4991
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
The only periodic data available in Canada on the asset holdings and net worth of the household sector are data collected through a series of household surveys originally initiated in 1954. Some limited data on the holdings of financial claims by the personal and unincorporated business sector are available from flow of funds work. Data are unavailable for estimation from estate tax returns.The scope of the surveys has been expanded substantially so that the most recent survey obtained a very comprehensive list of asset holdings. The experience with Canadian surveys has been similar to that of other countries; surveys appear to underestimate asset holdings although the estimates are more reliable for widely held assets than for assets with a very skewed distribution. Nevertheless, the surveys appear to trace the accumulated distribution of personal savings over time to a considerable degree and provide useful cross-sectional trend data.Canadian data show that wealth is more unequally distributed among family units than is income although wealth appears to be more equally distributed between income groups than is income. Wealth is also very unequally distributed within the same income group. Over time, there appears to have been some movement towards a more equal distribution of asset holdings between income groups.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.1974.tb00917.x
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