Inequality and Mobility of Household Incomes in Europe: Evidence from the ECHP

Riener, Gerhard (September 2006) Inequality and Mobility of Household Incomes in Europe: Evidence from the ECHP. Former Series > Working Paper Series > IHS Economics Series 195

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Abstract: In this paper I want to shed light on two aspects of income mobility: relative total income mobility using the estimator by Fields and Ok [1999] and equalization of long-run incomes measured by the index of Fields [2004]. The cross countrycomparison shows a negative relationship between total relative mobility and long-run income equalization, this results is contrary to the intuition given by Shorrocks [1978a] who stated, that higher relative mobility will cause higher equalization of incomes when the accounting period is extended.;

Item Type: IHS Series
Keywords: 'Income distribution' 'Economic mobility' 'Inequality'
Classification Codes (e.g. JEL): J30, D63
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2014 10:38
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2019 16:51
ISBN: 1605-7996
URI: https://irihs.ihs.ac.at/id/eprint/1729

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