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Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2013

We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of mobility within- and between-generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices, measurement methods, data sources, and recent empirical evidence.

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The evolution of income inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the turn of the millennium

Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - 2012

This paper presents and compares trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using … harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). Whereas in Germany inequality has … increased substantially during this period, in Switzerland inequality in market incomes has increased only marginally and …

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Income Mobility

Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Germany and Switzerland since the Turn of the Millennium

Grabka, Markus M.; Kuhn, Ursina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

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Using Pseudo-Panels to Measure Income Mobility in Latin America

Cuesta, José A.; Ñopo, Hugo R.; Pizzolitto, Georgina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … determinants of changes in poverty incidence within cohorts revealed statistically significant roles for age, gender and, to a …

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Intergenerational Mobility and Income Effects for Entrepreneurial Activity in Mexico

Vélez-Grajales, Viviana; Vélez-Grajales, Roberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper uses the Mexican Social Mobility Survey 2006 to analyze intergenerational social mobility as it relates to entrepreneurial activity. First, the paper analyzes whether entrepreneurs experience greater upward social mobility than self-employed workers or employees. Second, probit models...

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Middle-Class Entrepreneurship and the Effect of Social Capital

Ordeñana, Xavier; Arteaga, Elizabeth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper surveys Ecuadorian entrepreneurs to ascertain the differences between middle-class and upper-class entrepreneurs and identify the variables associated with the "success" of a business. The paper also explores the variables that can determine the probability of upward intergenerational...

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Item Non-response and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2007

post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement error on prototypical analyses (earnings inequality, mobility and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600695

Item Non-response and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective

Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement error on prototypical analyses (earnings inequality, mobility and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018729