This paper considers the phenomenon of income mobility during the process of economic transition in Russia. The study … sharp changes in the distribution of income among Russian households. Simultaneously with the emergence of the Russian … nouveau rich, whole strata of the population have seen their sources of income dry up, and their life savings wiped out in the …

This is a paper in response to the article "An Experimental Test of Preferences for the Distribution of Income and … Individual Risk Aversion" by by John Beck (1994). Beck's experimental results on preferences for income distribution and our own …

"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 …

relation between parental income and the income of the adult child. The reason is a hypothesis that a constrained investment … not indicate a nonlinear relationship between parental income and the income of the adult child. Thus, the hypothesis that … low income families will have a constrained investment behavior in human capital formation is brought into question as the …

. The main research question raised in the paper is whether our perception of income differentiation is driven by experience … more tolerant to income inequality than a less mobile and segmented one? The intuitive answer seems to be an obvious “yes …

This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present … work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional …