Permanent and transitory inequality and intragenerational mobility

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 120
Issue: 2
Pages: 200-202

Score contribution per author:

0.505 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper contains a proof that under one testable condition a measure of economic mobility formed by the ratio of permanent to total variance employing the methods of Gottschalk and Moffitt (1994) is equivalent to the Shorrocks R constructed with a Theil General Entropy Index.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:120:y:2013:i:2:p:200-202
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25