1st Edition
Empirical Studies Of Earnings
168 Pages
by
Routledge
There is a great deal of interest in how individual earnings change over time and the degree of mobility. Do people keep the same place on the earnings scale, or is there a great deal of fluidity? In recent years new sources of data have become available, particularly from panel surveys. This book reviews the literature on earnings mobility, both theoretical and empirical. The first section... Read more
Introduction to the Series, List of Tables, List of Figures, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. A Framework for the Analysis, 3. Sources of Evidence about Earnings Mobility, 4. Analysis of Results on Measured Earnings Mobility, 5. Analysis of Results on Estimated Earnings Dynamics, 6. Conclusions, Notes, References, Tables, Subject Index, Author Index
Biography
A.B. Atkinson is a member of the Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines at LSE and Professor of Political Economy (from October 1992) at the University of Cambridge.
F. Bourguignon is Associate Director of DETLA, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure and Professor of Economics at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
C. Morrison is Professor of Economics at the University of Paris I and Heade of Programme at the OECD Development Centre.
