"The degree of mobility in incomes is often seen as an important measure of the equality of opportunity in a society and of the flexibility and freedom of its labor market. But estimation of mobility using panel data is biased by the presence of measurement error and non-random attrition from t...

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1. Verfasser:	Antman, Francisca M. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	[Washington, D.C] World Bank 2005
Schriftenreihe:	Policy research working paper 3745
Schlagworte:	Mexiko Equality > Mexico Income distribution > Mexico Labor market > Mexico Social mobility > Mexico Wages > Mexico
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Zusammenfassung:	"The degree of mobility in incomes is often seen as an important measure of the equality of opportunity in a society and of the flexibility and freedom of its labor market. But estimation of mobility using panel data is biased by the presence of measurement error and non-random attrition from the panel. This paper shows that dynamic pseudo-panel methods can be used to consistently estimate measures of absolute and conditional mobility in the presence of non-classical measurement errors. These methods are applied to data on earnings from a Mexican quarterly rotating panel. Absolute mobility in earnings is found to be very low in Mexico, suggesting that the high level of inequality found in the cross-section will persist over time. However, the paper finds conditional mobility to be high, so that households are able to recover quickly from earnings shocks. These findings suggest a role for policies which address underlying inequalities in earnings opportunities. "--World Bank web site
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 10/7/2005 Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2005] Weitere Ausgabe: Antman, Francisca: Earnings mobility and measurement error
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