in mobility, whereas only in three countries the increase in mobility is determined by the decrease in inequality. … which changes in cross-sectional earnings inequality reflect transitory or permanent components of individual lifecycle … earnings variation. Increases in inequality reflect increases in permanent differentials in four countries and increases in …

2001, hereby controlling for cohort effects. Wage inequality has risen sharply during the 1980’s and early 1990’s and … the transitory wage inequality and only to a lesser extent to an increase in the permanent wage inequality. The transitory ….65 over a ten-year period. The constant wage inequality in the second half of the 1990’s is attributed to a slight decrease in …

what extent does earnings mobility work to equalize/disequalize longerterm earnings relative to cross-sectional inequality …, Germany, and the lowest, Portugal. The highest mobility as equalizer of longer term inequality is recorded in Ireland and … and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic assumption is that mobility measured over a horizon of 8 years is a good …

. All countries recording an increase in cross-sectional inequality recorded also a decrease in short-term mobility. Among … countries where inequality decreased, short-term mobility increased in Denmark, Spain, Ireland and UK, and decreased in Belgium … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …

. All countries recording an increase in cross-sectional inequality recorded also a decrease in short-term mobility. Among … countries where inequality decreased, short-term mobility increased in Denmark, Spain, Ireland and UK, and decreased in Belgium … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …

of short-term inequality and its link with cross-sectional inequality; second, the evolution of long-term mobility … relative to short-term mobility and the implications for long-term inequality; third, we try to understand the cross … association between the evolution of earnings inequality and earnings mobility. More flexible labour markets, with low levels of …

in persistent earnings inequality in Europe. Using non-linear least squares we reveal a complex framework, where … institutions and their systemic interactions play a decisive role in shaping persistent inequality. "Piece-meal" reforms appear … more effective in reducing persistent inequality than comprehensive policy packages: a substitution effect in reducing …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty …

countries, I find that there is a strong and significant relationship between top income shares and broader inequality measures … measures of inequality over periods when alternative income distribution measures are of low quality, or unavailable …