This paper presents a methodology for comparing income rank volatility profiles over time and across distributions …

This paper estimates the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Japan among sons and daughters born between … Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) surveys, collected between 1965 and 2005. Father's income is predicted on the … intergenerational income elasticity (IGE) for both sons and daughters, in Japan lies around .35, which is an intermediate value, by …

studies the reverse. Using surveys of lottery winners, we analyze the effects of unearned income on the Big Five personality … traits. After correcting for potential endogeneity problems from prize sizes, we find that unearned income improves traits …. -- noncognitive skills ; personality traits ; lottery winners ; instrumental variables ; unearned income …

studies the reverse. Using surveys of lottery winners, we analyze the effects of unearned income on the Big Five personality … traits. After correcting for potential endogeneity problems from prize sizes, we find that unearned income improves traits …

The goal of this study is to examine trends in the importance of family background in determining adult income in … Sweden. We investigate whether the association between family background and income in Sweden has changed for cohorts born … 1932-1968. Our main finding is that the share of the variance in long-run income that is attributable to family background …

the Panel Study on Income Dynamics favors models lacking such heterogeneity. Such models invariably indicate workers face …