Reference : Dynamics of Income Rank Volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US
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Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/32294
Dynamics of Income Rank Volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US
English
Chauvel, Louis[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Hartung, Anne[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, No. 926-2017
32
Yes
1864-6689
[en] rank volatility ; income risk ; middle class
[en] This paper presents a methodology for comparing income rank volatility profiles over time and across distributions. While most of the existing measures are affected by changes in marginal distributions, this paper proposes a framework that is based on individuals’ relative positions in the distribution, and is neutral in relation to structural changes that occur in the economy. Applying this approach to investigate rank volatility in Germany and the US over three decades, we show that while poorer individuals within both countries are the most volatile, the volatility trend for the middle class in each of these countries differs.
FnR ; FNR9522302 > Louis Chauvel > ProSocial > A Research Programme On Social Inequality Within The National, European And International Context > 01/06/2012 > 31/05/2017 > 2011
[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
