Measuring Income Risk

We provide a critique of the methods that have been used to derive measures of income risk and draw attention to the importance of demographic factors as a source of income risk. We also propose new measures of the contribution to total income risk of demographic and labour market factors. Empirical evidence supporting our arguments is provided using data from the British Household Survey.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Burgess, Simon ; Gardiner, Karen ; Jenkins, Stephen P. ; Propper, Carol
Institutions:	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin. - ISSN 1619-4535.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 213 39 pages long
Classification:	D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; D84 - Expectations; Speculations
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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