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The drivers of differences between growth in GDP and household adjusted disposable income in OECD countries

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  • Jennifer Ribarsky

    (OECD)

  • Changku Kang

    (OECD)

  • Esther Bolton

    (OECD)

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Growth in household income has evolved differently from gross domestic product (GDP) in most OECD countries over the last eighteen years. Using the wealth of information available in the System of National Accounts, this paper provides an assessment of what may be driving this gap. A clear relationship, based on national accounts identities, between GDP and household income exists. This link allows for the calculation of each component’s contribution to the divergence in the growth rates. Based on this deconstruction, differences between the growth rates reflect several underlying effects that (often) offset each other. In many OECD countries, real GDP grew at a faster pace than real household income over the last eighteen years driven by different developments in prices faced by producers versus prices faced by consumers and a rising profit share of corporations. The positive evolution of the other components (such as government intervention) contributed to reducing the gap between the growth rates. Several indicators are investigated to help explain the underlying developments. La croissances des revenus des ménages ont évolué différemment de celle du Produit Intérieur Brut (PIB) dans la plupart des pays de l’OCDE ces 18 dernières années. En utilisant la richesse des informations disponibles dans le Système de Comptabilité Nationale, ce document de travail donne une évaluation de ce qui pourrait être à l’origine de cet écart. Une relation claire, établie sur la base des identités de comptabilité nationale, entre le PIB et le revenu des ménages existe. Cette relation permet le calcul de la contribution de chaque composante à la divergence entre les taux de croissance. À partir de cette déconstruction, les différences entre les taux de croissance reflètent plusieurs effets sous-jacents lesquels (souvent) s’annulent entre eux. Dans de nombreux pays de l’OCDE, le PIB en termes réels a crû à un rythme plus soutenu que le revenu réel des ménages ces 18 dernières années, poussé par des évolutions différentes des prix payés par les producteurs de ceux payés par les consommateurs, ainsi qu’une hausse des taux de marges des sociétés. L’évolution positive des autres composantes (telle que l’intervention gouvernementale) ont contribué à la baisse de l’écart entre les taux de croissance. Plusieurs indicateurs complémentaires sont examinés afin d’expliciter des facteurs sous-jacents.

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  • Jennifer Ribarsky & Changku Kang & Esther Bolton, 2016. "The drivers of differences between growth in GDP and household adjusted disposable income in OECD countries," OECD Statistics Working Papers 2016/6, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:stdaaa:2016/6-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlz6qj247r8-en
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    1. Nicola Pontarollo & Carolina Serpieri, 2021. "Challenges and Opportunities to Regional Renewal in the European Union," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 44(1), pages 142-169, January.
    2. Pablo J. Mira & Federico Favata, 2020. "Desigualdad sistémica en Argentina," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4376, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.

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