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The Treatment Of Pensions And Insurance In National Accounts

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  • Nancy D. Ruggles
  • Richard Ruggles

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In the course of the nearly two decades since the revised SNA was developed, the role of pensions and insurance in the developed western economies has been significantly altered. The United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA) is not fully consistent in its treatment of pension and insurance transactions. This paper examines whether, in view of the changed institutional context, a modification of the SNA treatment of this complex of flows would be desirable. It investigates the impact on household income and saving of adopting a somewhat more consistent transactor/transaction approach for all pension and insurance transactions. Four main topics are covered: (1) social security, (2) private pensions, (3) life insurance, and (4) casualty insurance. Each is considered in terms of the treatment of contributions, the treatment of benefits, and the handling of reserves and the income generated by them. The same sorts of problem arise in all four cases.

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  • Nancy D. Ruggles & Richard Ruggles, 1983. "The Treatment Of Pensions And Insurance In National Accounts," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 29(4), pages 371-404, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:29:y:1983:i:4:p:371-404
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1983.tb00656.x
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    1. Richard Ruggles, 1993. "Accounting for Saving and Capital Formation in the United States, 1947-1991," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 7(2), pages 3-17, Spring.

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