Income mobility is often thought to equalize permanent incomes and thereby to improve social welfare. The welfare … comparative) impact of mobility and of the tax system (another presumed income equalizer) on the dynamics of income across time … and on the inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada's tax system limits …

This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income … of income and health using procedures that are robust to aggregation techniques. The paper's approach is more general … distribution of health and income, though not generally in terms of the uni-dimensional distribution of health or income. The paper …

)) indices. Income inequality aversion is captured by decreasing marginal utilities, and aversion to rank inequality is captured … Luxembourg Income Study. …