Appendix B: Data Sources and Construction | RDP 9511: Superannuation and Saving

RDP 9511: Superannuation and Saving Appendix B: Data Sources and Construction

Steven Morling and Robert Subbaraman

December 1995

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Series	Construction and source
Non-super. saving (/Y)	Net household saving less net superannuation contributions and interest earnings. Divided by household disposable income net of employer contributions and superannuation earnings. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Tables 49, 50 and 51. ABS Cat. No. 5232.0, Table 21.
Super. saving (/Y)	Life offices and superannuation funds net contributions plus interest earnings. Divided by household disposable income net of employer contributions and superannuation earnings. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Tables 49 and 50. ABS Cat. No. 5232.0, Table 21.
Net contributions (/Y)	Employer and employee contributions to life offices and superannuation funds less claims and administrative expenses. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Table 49. ABS Cat. No. 5232.0, Table 21.
Interest earnings (/Y)	Interest earnings on life offices and superannuation funds. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Table 49.
Super. profit (/Y)	Interest earnings and capital gains (realised and unrealised) on life offices' and superannuation funds. Calculated by subtracting net contributions from the change in assets of life offices and superannuation funds. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Table 49. ABS Cat. No. 5232.0, Table 8. Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, Tables C.12, C.13 and C.15.
Net human wealth (/Y)	The trend in real wages, salaries and supplements (net of employer contributions) divided by real household disposable income (net of employer contributions and superannuation earnings). ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Tables 3 and 50. ABS Cat. No. 5206.0, Table 66.
Net non-human wealth (/Y)	Household wealth (includes financial assets, consumer durables and the value of dwellings) less household liabilities. Divided by household disposable income net of employer contributions and superannuation earnings. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Table 50. Household wealth estimates, Reserve Bank of Australia.
Population ratio 45–64	Population aged between 45 and 64 divided by working population aged 15–64. ABS Cat. No. 3201.0, Table 1. Chapter 7, Year Book Australia, various issues.
Real bond yield	Nominal ten-year Treasury bond yield less the change in the log of the private consumption deflator. Annual average. Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, Table F.2. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Table 3.
Inflation	Log difference of the private consumption deflator. ABS Cat. No. 5204.0, Table 3.
Unemployment rate	Annual average. ABS Cat. No. 6203.0, Table 1.
Income volatility	3-year moving standard deviation of real per capita household disposable income. ABS Cat. No. 5206.0, Table 67. ABS Cat. No. 3201.0, Table 1. Chapter 7, Year Book Australia, various issues.