The age profile of mobility measures: an application to earnings in West Germany

Mark M. Trede
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Mark M. Trede: Seminar für Wirtschafts-und Sozialstatistik, Universität zu Köln, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln, Germany, Postal: Seminar für Wirtschafts-und Sozialstatistik, Universität zu Köln, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln, Germany

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1998, vol. 13, issue 4, pages 397-409

Abstract: This paper develops a technique for estimating age-profiles of earnings mobility using conditional kernel density estimation and establishes their statistical properties. Both pointwise and simultaneous confidence intervals are derived. The paper then examines the age-profile of short-run earnings mobility in Germany between 1983 and 1993 using the Socio-Economic Panel data. It turns out that earnings mobility is significantly higher for young people than for elder ones. Mobility declines rather rapidly until the age of thirty-five or so and remains constant thereafter. The shape of the profile does not change significantly during the observation period. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 1998

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