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绝对收入流动性的测度:来自北美和欧洲的经验

Measuring Absolute Income Mobility: Lessons from North America and Europe
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2024 · [{"name": "Robert Manduca", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Maximilian Hell", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Adrian Adermon", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Jo Blanden", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Espen Bratberg", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Anne C. Gielen", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Erasmus University Rotterdam", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Hans van Kippersluis", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Erasmus University Rotterdam", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Keunbok Lee", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Stephen Machin", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "London School of Economics and Political Science", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Martin D. Munk", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Martin Nybom", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Yuri Ostrovsky", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "Statistics Canada", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Sumaiya Rahman", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}, {"name": "Outi Sirniö", "affiliation": ["Uppsala University", "University of California, Irvine", "University of Michigan", "University of Surrey", "Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare", "University of Bergen", "Stanford University"]}]

中文摘要

我们使用北美和欧洲五个国家相互匹配的父母—子女行政数据,以及另外两个国家的详细调查数据,研究估计绝对收入流动性时面临的方法论挑战。我们表明,常用的“联结函数与边际分布”近似方法在样本所含各国中均表现良好;对其准确性构成最大挑战的并非有关相对流动率随时间变化的假设,而是非代表性边际收入分布的使用。我们还开展了多国分析,考察估计结果对收入测量年龄、收入概念、家庭结构和价格指数等设定决策的敏感性。(JEL D31、G51、I31、J12、J31、J62)

Abstract

We use linked parent–child administrative data for five countries in North America and Europe, as well as detailed survey data for two more, to investigate methodological challenges in the estimation of absolute income mobility. We show that the commonly used “copula and marginals” approximation methods perform well across countries in our sample, and the greatest challenges to their accuracy stem not from assumptions about relative mobility rates over time but from the use of nonrepresentative marginal income distributions. We also provide a multicountry analysis of sensitivity to specification decisions related to age of income measurement, income concept, family structure, and price index. (JEL D31, G51, I31, J12, J31, J62)
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