livsinkomster
Livsinkomster is a term used in economics and public policy to describe the stream of monetary resources a person is expected to receive over the course of their life. The concept is used to capture the total of earnings, transfers, and other recurring payments that occur from the start of working life through retirement, weighted by the probability of being alive at each age. In practice, livsinkomster is often distinguished from capital income, such as interest, dividends, or asset sales.
Definition and scope: Livsinkomster includes wage income during working years as well as social transfers and
Calculation: The standard approach aggregates expected income across ages, multiplying the income at each age by
Policy relevance: Livsinkomster is used to evaluate retirement adequacy, design replacement-rate targets, compare welfare systems, and
See also: pension, lifetime earnings, replacement rate, social security.