The Household Finance and Consumption Survey and the recipe to face statistical challenges

Article type: Article Commentary

Authors: Munoz, Carlos Sanchez

Affiliations: Balance of Payments, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA. E-mail: CSanchez-Munoz@imf.org

Abstract: Arthur Kennickell has contributed significantly to spreading internationally the techniques applied in the US Survey of Consumer Finances for the collection of distributional information on household wealth. In particular, euro area countries are heavily indebted to his sharing of methodological knowledge and deep expertise in the field. Indeed, this paper elaborates on how the euro area Household Finance and Consumption Survey moved forward thanks to a large extent to his transfer of knowledge and hands-on advice.

Keywords: Oversampling, multiple imputation, household wealth, household finance and consumption survey, euro area

DOI: 10.3233/SJI-171044

Journal: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 235-237, 2017