Definition: Secondary distribution of income

Category: Social statistics

The secondary distribution of income includes current transfers which are "a transaction in which one institutional unit (e.g. household or government authority) provides a good, service or asset to another unit without receiving from the latter any good, service or asset in return as counterpart". More precisely, current transfers include:
 - Current taxes on income, wealth, etc.
 - Social contributions and benefits;
 - Other current transfers.
Source:
Eurostat, "Household budget surveys in the EU - Methodology and recommendations for harmonization 1997", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1997
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