A new database on the contents and comparability of the income variables in EU-SILC: MetaSILC 2015
- Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School and Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, UK
Cite this article
as: L. Zardo Trindade, T. Goedemé; 2019; A new database on the contents and comparability of the income variables in EU-SILC: MetaSILC 2015; International Journal of Microsimulation; 12(3); 62-67.
doi: 10.34196/ijm.00207
Tables
Table A.1
List of EU-SILC income-related variables and those included in MetaSILC 2015
| Code | Name |
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| HY010 (*) | Total household gross income |
| HY020 (*) | Total disposable household income |
| HY022 (*) | Before social transfers other than old-age and survivor’s benefits |
| HY023(*) | Total disposable household income before social transfers including old-age and survivor’s benefits |
| HY030G/HY030N | Imputed rent |
| HY040G/HY040N (*) | Income from rental of a property or land |
| HY090G/HY090N (*) | Interest, dividends, profit from capital investments in unincorporated business |
| HY050G/HY050N (*) | Family/children related allowances |
| HY060G/HY060N (*) | Social exclusion not elsewhere classified |
| HY070G/HY070N (*) | Housing allowances |
| HY080G/HY080N (*) | Regular inter-household cash transfer received |
| HY081G/HY081N | Alimonies received (compulsory+ voluntary) |
| HY100G/HY100N | Interest repayments on mortgage |
| HY110G/HY110N (*) | Income received by people aged under 16 |
| HY120G/HY120N (*) | Regular taxes on wealth |
| HY130G/HY130N | Regular inter-household cash transfer paid |
| HY131G/HY131N | Alimonies paid (compulsory+ voluntary) |
| HY140G/HY140N (*) | Tax on income and social contributions |
| HY145N (*) | Repayments/receipts for tax adjustment |
| HY170G/HY170N | Value of goods produced for own consumption |
| PY010G/PY010N (*) | Employee cash or near cash income |
| PY020G/PY020N | Non-cash employee income |
| PY021G/PY021N (*) | Company car |
| PY030G | Employer’s social insurance contribution |
| PY031G | Optional employer’s social insurance contributions |
| PY035G/PY035N | Contributions to individual private pension plans |
| PY050G/PY050N (*) | Cash benefits or losses from self-employment |
| PY070G/PY070N | Value of goods produced for own consumption |
| PY080G/PY080N (*) | Pension from individual private plans |
| PY090G/PY090N (*) | Unemployment benefits |
| PY100G/PY100N (*) | Old-age benefits |
| PY110G/PY110N (*) | Survivor’s benefits |
| PY120G/PY120N (*) | Sickness benefits |
| PY130G/PY130N (*) | Disability benefits |
| PY140G/PY140N (*) | Education-related allowances |
| PY200G | Gross monthly earnings for employees |
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Source = Eurostat (2016a).
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Notes: The suffix G refers to Gross; the suffix N refers to values net of taxes and social contributions.
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(*)
Indicates that the variable was analysed in the context of the MetaSILC 2015 report Goedemé and Zardo Trindade, 2020b.
Data and code availability
The MetaSILC 2015 database is freely available in excel to data users and other interested parties, and can be downloaded from: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TLSZ4S.
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