Transfers and Asset-based Age Profiles by Gender Gretchen Donehower Day 4, Session 2, NTA Time Use and Gender Workshop Thursday, May 24, 2012 Institute for Labor, Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA) Hanoi, Vietnam

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, you cannot go into “debt” to get more time now – No public transfers Governments do not make us spend time in a certain way Maybe time spent doing your taxes, serving on a jury, time in prison, are some examples, but those are tiny in a total population context We haven’t really gotten here yet – No country teams (that I know of) have computed NTTA profiles beyond consumption and production

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 housheold – 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 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 (have not done this yet) – Highest wage-earner in household – Owner or renter of dwelling – Proportional to wages – Equal for all adults in household

Lab Session Finish first drafts of consumption and production profiles for NTA and NTTA Is there is time, work on private transfers in NTTA