Structural Mobility, Exchange Mobility and Subgroup Consistent Mobility Measurement – US–German Mobility Measurements Revisited

We formalize the concept of structural mobility and use the framework of subgroup consistent mobility measurement to derive a relative and an absolute measure of mobility that is increasing both in upward structural mobility and exchange mobility. In our empirical illustration, we contribute substantively to the ongoing debate about mobility rankings between the USA and Germany.

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Year of publication:	2008-11
Authors:	SCHLUTER, C. ; GAER, D. VAN DE
Institutions:	Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent
Subject:	structural mobility \| exchange mobility \| income mobility \| subgroup consistency

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	21 pages
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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