What lies behind income mobility? Reranking and distributional change in Belgium, Western Germany and the USA

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作者
Van Kerm, P [1 ]
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[1] CEPS, INSTEAD, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.00367.x
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F [经济];
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02 [经济学];
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The paper presents a decomposition of income mobility indices into two basic sources: mobility induced by a change of the income distribution shape, and mobility induced by a reordering of individuals in the income pecking order. The decomposition procedure, based on counterfactual distributions, results in a decomposition that is applicable to a broad class of mobility measures. Application to income 'movement' indices with data for Belgium, Western Germany and the USA indicates that reranking has been the major force behind income mobility.
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