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How Important Is the Family? Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011
. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601007
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Income mobility
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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327284
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287226
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Income Mobility
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128997
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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
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 onlymarginally and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787003
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The role of family risk attitudes in education and intergenerational mobility: An empirical analysis
Huebener, Mathias - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290955
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The Role of Family Risk Attitudes in Education and Intergenerational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis
Huebener, Mathias - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818237
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Empirical Strategies to Eliminate Life-Cycle Bias in the Intergenerational Elasticity of Earnings Literature
Stuhler, Jan Leonard - 2010
I argue that the empirical strategies for estimation of the intergenerational elasticity of lifetime earnings that are currently employed in the literature might not eliminate bias arising from life-cycle effects. Specifically, I demonstrate that procedures based on the generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600988
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How Important Is the Family?: Evidence from Sibling Correlations in Permanent Earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868114
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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