Representing the household: in and after national income accounting
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
ISSN: 0951-3574
Article publication date: 1 October 2000
Abstract
Explains how and why the household should, and could, be an object of analysis for a new social accounting. It shows that the household has been neglected in national income accounting, which generally tends to represent it as a black box. It also shows how the data from national income accounting can be reworked to demonstrate the importance of the household at macro and meso levels. The reworking shows that 84 per cent of GDP passes through the household just as, at the meso level, there are important differences between households in how they pool, spend and save income.
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Citation
Froud, J., Haslam, C., Johal, S. and Williams, K. (2000), "Representing the household: in and after national income accounting", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 535-560. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513570010338221
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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