TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Manduca, Robert
AU  - Hell, Maximilian
AU  - Adermon, Adrian
AU  - Blanden, Jo
AU  - Bratberg, Espen
AU  - Gielen, Anne C.
AU  - Kippersluis, Hans van
AU  - Lee, Keun Bok
AU  - Machin, Stephen
AU  - Munk, Martin D.
AU  - Nybom, Martin
AU  - Ostrovsky, Yuri
AU  - Rahman, Sumaiya
AU  - Sirniö, Outi
        TI  - Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe
        PY  - 2020/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13456
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13456
        AB  - We compute rates of absolute upward income mobility for the 1960-1987 birth cohorts in eight countries in North America and Europe. Rates and trends in absolute mobility varied dramatically across countries during this period: the US and Canada saw upward mobility rates near 50% for recent cohorts, while countries like Norway and Finland saw sustained rates above 70%. Decomposition analysis suggests that differences in the marginal income distributions, especially the amount of cross-cohort income inequality, were the primary driver of differing mobility rates across countries. We also demonstrate that absolute mobility rates can be accurately estimated without linked parent-child data.
        KW  - absolute intergenerational mobility
KW  - income
KW  - international comparison
        ER  -