We examine how intergenerational income mobility responds to structural changes in a simple theoretical model of …

The purpose of this paper is to contribute with the research of poverty and income distribution by analyzing an often …

We examine the association of income variability both within and across generations based on a heterogeneous growth … model of permanent and transitory income in Sweden. Non-parametric regressions reveal that income variability is strongly … associated with long-run levels of income, especially for low- and high income earners, and that it is also strongly associated …

The paper examines the structure and the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Germany. Using data from the … intergenerational income elasticity is 0.26 for father-son pairs and 0.36 for father-daughter pairs. A more detailed analysis is carried … is some persistence at both ends of the income distribution, the results show a high level of intergenerational mobility …

of age in a more polarized labor market, while the substantial rise in the income shares of the top 1 percent, their …

countries, based on the Survey on Income and Living Conditions conducted in 2005. Although the ranking among Northern European … with respect to the one offered by the measures of overall income inequality. Our figures show that equality of opportunity …

Education decisions determine a great part of future income. This paper argues that if education is financed by parents …' current income a lump-sum tax reduces inequality if all parents have strict investment incentives. However, if some parents …