Our objective is to obtain an accurate estimate of the degree of intergenerational income mobility in Canada. We use … income tax information on about 400,000 father-son pairs, and find intergenerational earnings elasticities to be about 0 ….2. Earnings mobility tends to be slightly greater than income mobility, but non- parametric techniques uncover significant non …

The objective of this work is to analyse the income inequality in the 15 EU countries during the convergence process to … this particular period, that is, if there was a real convergence in income equality. In addition, we have also studied … whether the inequality of income has diminished within and between countries over time. Gini's generalised family indices …

range of goods and services in different localities imply regional differences in the costs of living. If high- income … provinces also have high costs of living, and low-income provinces have low costs of living, the use of nominal income measures … in explaining such economic outcomes as inequality can lead to misinterpretations. Income should be adjusted for costs of …

(if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty …

city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and … intakes of the casual labourer households. We find that income elasticites of calorie availability and carbohydrate … availability move close to each other. Income elasticities of protein are always higher than carbohydrate (and calorie …

the land) as well as the sources of income harnessed by them. The inhabitants of Group-2 villages, once they have enough … land to cultivate, practise commercial agriculture for the market to earn higher income, but the inhabitants of the Group-1 … income from service and orchards (which characterizes an extensive use of land). On the other hand, most of the households of …

This paper uses the data gained from an income categorization experiment for five shapes of income distributions to …,individual income satisfaction versus aggregate well-being, and the dual patterns of income categorization and limen setting. It is …-frequency theory can be evidenced. Moreover, we demonstrate a welfare paradox which concerns a contradiction between individual income …