GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, INCOME: A method of estimating gross domestic product (GDP) based on identifying the income (wages, rent, interest, and profit) received by the owners of the four factors of production (labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship). This is one of two methods used by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the National Income and Product Accounts to estimate gross domestic product.

     See also | gross domestic product | gross domestic product, expenditures | Bureau of Economic Analysis | wage | interest | rent | corporate profits | proprietors' income | net foreign factor income | capital consumption adjustment | indirect business taxes | business transfer payments | statistical discrepancy | government subsidies |