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Intergenerational earnings and income mobility in Spain
Cervini-Plá, María - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper contributes to the large number of studies on intergenerational earnings and income mobility by providing new evidence for Spain. Since there are no Spanish surveys covering long-term information on both children and their fathers' income or earnings, we deal with this selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372556
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Exploring the sources of earnings transmission in Spain
Cervini-Plá, María - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper explores the mechanisms behind the intergenerational earnings mobility in Spain by means of three exercises: calculating the transition matrix, decomposing the sources of earnings elasticity and estimating quantile earnings regressions. By calculating the transition matrices we find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421997
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Pathways from Poverty toward Middle Class: Determinants of Socio-economic Class Mobility in the Rural Philippines
Fuwa, Nobuhiko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Exploiting a unique set of longitudinal household data collected in a Philippine village over a thirty year period (1962-1994), this paper seeks to identify the pathways of exiting rural poverty and also the determinants of middle class stability. We also test the changes in the returns on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534282
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The Welfare Effects of Social Mobility
Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The question whether a socially mobile society is conducive to subjective well-being (SWB) has rarely been investigated. This paper fills this gap by analyzing the SWB effects of intergenerational earnings mobility and equality in education at the societal level. Using socio-demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061673
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The Welfare Effects of Social Mobility: An Analysis for OECD countries.
Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The question whether a socially mobile society is conducive to subjective well-being (SWB) has rarely been investigated. This paper fills this gap by analyzing the SWB effects of intergenerational earnings mobility and equality in educational attainment at the societal level. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005109561
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683292
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match.
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112607
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557077
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557081
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Intergenerational Transfers in Italy
Luigi, Cannnari; Giovanni, D'Alessio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper we examine the role of intergenerational transfers in the wealth accumulation of Italian households …. Received transfers represent an important share of the net wealth held by households. Direct estimates referring to 2002 range … significant share considering the size of the denominator. Transfers are very concentrated, more than income and wealth, even when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014714