Summary This paper reviews various mobility measures and establishes their asymptotic sampling distribution. The focus is on both transition matrix mobility measures and mobility measures which are based on the reduction in inequality occurring when the accounting period is extended. Statistical...

We present new empirical evidence on the distribution of earnings, income and wealth among entrepreneurs in Germany. We document that both earnings and income are more concentrated among entrepreneurs than among workers and describe a large-scale overlapping-generations model that can replicate...