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The Scandinavian fantasy : the sources of intergenerational mobility in Denmark and the U.S.
Landersø, Rasmus; Heckman, James J. - 2016
This paper examines the sources of differences in social mobility between the U.S. and Denmark. Measured by income mobility, Denmark is a more mobile society, but not when measured by educational mobility. There are pronounced nonlinearities in income and educational mobility in both countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493939
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The ins and outs of top income mobility
Aaberge, Rolf; Atkinson, Anthony B.; Modalsli, Jørgen … - 2013
This paper is concerned with the question of whether top income earners are permanently there or only temporarily receive the highest incomes. How much mobility is there at the top of the income distribution, and how has mobility changed over time? The paper makes both a methodological and an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211222
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Inequality from generation to generation : the United States in comparison
Corak, Miles - 2016
configuration of the forces determining the transmission of inequality across generations differs in spite of the fact that both of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475187
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Trends in income inequality, pro-poor income growth and income mobility
Jenkins, Stephen (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001800178
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Income mobility of individuals in China and the United States
Khor, Niny (contributor); Pencavel, John H. (contributor) - 2006
Though much has been written about annual income inequality in China, little research has been conducted on longer run … measures of income inequality and on income mobility. This paper compares income mobility of urban individuals in China and the … United States in the 1990s. The following questions are taken up. To what extent are measures of annual income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289890
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Are earnings inequality and mobility overstated? : The impact of non-classical measurement error
Gottschalk, Peter (contributor); Huynh, Minh (contributor) - 2006
Measures of inequality and mobility based on self-reported earnings reflect attributes of both the joint distribution … would increase measures of inequality and mobility there is substantial evidence that measurement error in earnings is not … classical. In this paper we present the analytical links between non-classical measurement error and measures of inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003472817
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A new framework for the analysis of inequality
Cunha, Flávio (contributor); Heckman, James J. (contributor) - 2007
"This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003433324
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American exceptionalism in a new light : a comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and the United States
Jäntti, Markus (contributor) - 2006
.S.. -- intergenerational mobility ; earnings inequality ; long-run earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003332255
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Multidimensional equality of opportunity in the United States
Hufe, Paul; Kobus, Martyna; Peichl, Andreas - 2022
measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169954
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Parenting promotes social mobility within and across generations
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within and across generations. Instead of conducting a standard meta-analysis, we present a harmonized primary data analysis of programs that shape current policy. Our analysis is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013431414