Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Antonios Katris
Author-Name-First: Antonios
Author-Name-Last: Katris
Author-Email: antonios.katris@strath.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde 
Author-Name: Gioele Figus
Author-Name-First: Gioele
Author-Name-Last: Figus
Author-Email: gioele.figus@strath.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
Author-Name: Karen  Turner
Author-Name-First: Karen 
Author-Name-Last: Turner
Author-Email: karen.turner@strath.ac.uk
Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
Title: Disaggregation of the 2010 UK Social Accounting Matrix to report household income quintiles
Abstract: Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) are used as the main data source for Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models, which in turn can be used to simulate economic shocks and study their economy-wide impact. However, SAMs usually include highly aggregated categories of final consumers, therefore preventing the use of CGE models to study the impact of economic shocks on economic agents with specific characteristics. For this type of analysis, it is necessary to disaggregate the economic agent of interest in the SAM. This paper presents an approach by which it is possible to disaggregate the households in the UK SAM in quintiles based on their gross weekly income. The necessary steps to disaggregate the households are presented in detail, along with the supporting datasets and variables required to replicate the disaggregation approach for future SAMs.
Length: 17 pages
Creation-Date: 2017-08
Revision-Date: 
Publication-Status: Published
File-URL: https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/1newwebsite/departmentsubject/economics/research/researchdiscussionpapers/17-08.pdf.pagespeed.ce.fVd_GIWss1.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 1708
Classification-JEL: D57, D58, E16
Keywords: social accounting matrix, household disaggregation, income quintiles
Handle: RePEc:str:wpaper:1708