The drivers of income mobility in Europe

David Aristei and Cristiano Perugini

Economic Systems, 2015, vol. 39, issue 2, 197-224

Abstract: In this paper we study short-term income mobility in European countries over the years preceding the outburst of the global crisis. Income mobility plays a crucial role in shaping distributive patterns and is closely related to the capacity of a socio-economic system to provide equality of opportunities and the removal of social impediments. In this study we exploit the longitudinal structure of the EU-SILC database to provide a comprehensive overview of intragenerational mobility from 2004 to 2006 across 25 European countries, classified into six capitalistic models. After having descriptively analysed heterogeneity in income dynamics by means of alternative measures, we identify the microeconomic drivers of household income mobility, focusing on the role of demographic, economic and job characteristics. The outcomes reveal that the levels and determinants of short-term mobility differ remarkably in the various institutional models across Europe, particularly regarding household composition, demographic attributes, education levels and job positions.

Keywords: Income mobility; Household structure; Institutional settings; EU-SILC data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J10 J60 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2014.06.007

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