Transfers and Asset-based Age Profiles by Gender Gretchen Donehower NTA Time Use and Gender Workshop Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Facultad 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 method 2.Instead of age-specific means, calculate age- and sex-specific means instead 3.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