On April 14 at the Economics Research Bld. Assistant Professor Rikiya Matsukura from Nihon University, a co-investigator in our project, held a lecture for postgraduate students and researchers on estimation that utilizes the methodology of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA).
Entitled "On NTA Estimation: The Sequel on Income", the lecture taught concrete income estimation methods based on the data gathered by the National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, such as an estimation of age profiles and smoothing, and reestimation after population data have been introduced to the age profiles.