Downward Mobility

Patricia K. Smith

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1994, vol. 53, issue 1, 57-72

Abstract: Abstract. Absolute and relative downward income mobility during two periods of economic growth, 1976‐1978 and 1984‐1986, are examined using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Relative downward mobility occurred less frequently during the 1984‐1986 period, but absolute downward mobility occulted more frequently during this same period. The characteristics of the downwardly mobile do not dramatically differ between the two periods. The majority live with a nonelderly, married, working man. Of the thirty‐six demographic groups considered, women who separate or divorce face the highest risk of downward mobility. However, their risk declined from the late seventies to the mid‐eighties. Persons whose household head was a race other than Caucasian and African‐American experienced the greatest increase in risk.

Date: 1994
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