Family income is found to be more closely related to sons' earnings for a cohort born in 1970 compared to one born in … which relates mobility in measured family income/earnings to mobility in social class. Building on this framework we then … the intergenerational persistence of the permanent component of income that is unrelated to social class. We reject the …

movements in income. We find that relative income mobility is a significant predictor of life satisfaction and mental health …, whether people move upward or downward. For absolute income, mobility is only a consistent predictor of SWB and mental health … income mobility downward movements affect SWB to a greater extent than upward movements, consistent with notions of loss …

This paper estimates the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Japan among sons and daughters born between … intergenerational income elasticity (IGE) for both sons and daughters, in Japan lies around .35, which is an intermediate value, by …. -- intergenerational mobility ; elasticity ; correlation ; earnings differentials ; income ; inequality ; trends ; Japan ; assortative …

been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income … changes to their lives, and overall they are less supportive of these measures. These patterns are less clear across income … groups: while some countries have managed to shield lower income individuals from negative consequences, others have not. We …