Dynamics of income rank volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US

Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Palmisano, Flaviana

Reference : Dynamics of income rank volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US


	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/28882

Title :	Dynamics of income rank volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	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) >]
	Palmisano, Flaviana [University of Rome]
Publication date :	2016
Main document title :	SOEP2016 Book of Abstracts
Peer reviewed :	Yes
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
Event name :	12th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference
Event date :	22-06 to 23-06-2016
Event place (city) :	Berlin
Event country :	Germany
Abstract :	[en] This paper provides a methodology to compare profiles of income rank volatility over time and across distributions. While most of the existing measures are affected by changes in the marginal distributions, this paper proposes a framework that based on individuals’ relative position in the distribution results to be neutral to the 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 are the most volatile in both countries, the volatility trend of the middle class marks the difference between these two countries.
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