This paper combines cross-sectional and longitudinal income data to present the evolution of absolute intergenerational mobility in ten advanced economies twentieth century. Absolute decreased during second half century all these countries. Increasing inequality decreasing growth rates have both contributed decrease, yet is dominant contributor most We show that detailed panel are effectively u...

This paper documents an increasing intergenerational income persistence in China since economic reforms were introduced 1979. The elasticity increases from 0.390 for the 1970–1980 birth cohort to 0.442 1981–1988 cohort; this increase is more evident among urban and coastal residents than rural inland residents. We also explore how changes correlated with market reforms, development, policy chan...

The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality This review covers a range of measures and methods frequently employed in empirical analysis of global income inequality and global income distribution. Different determinant factors along with quantification of their impacts and empirical results from different case studies are presented. These results are further contrasted to those obtai...

This paper evaluates the role of rising income inequality in explaining observed growth college tuition. We develop a competitive model market, which quality depends on instructional expenditure and average ability admitted students. An innovative feature our is that it allows for continuous distribution quality. find increases US can explain more than half rise net tuition since 1990 has also ...

A dynamic microsimulation model of cohort earnings based on the Australian population aged between 20 and 55 years is described. A highly parsimonious modular structure is adopted to facilitate sensitivity analysis and enable additional characteristics to be added, should they be desired. Despite the restrictive specifications used, the model closely reflects the data used for calibration. JEL ...

We examine the association of income variability both within and across generations based on a heterogeneous growth model of permanent and transitory income in Sweden. Non-parametric regressions reveal that income variability is strongly associated with long-run levels of income, especially for lowand highincome earners, and that it is also strongly associated across generations. JEL Classifica...