On the Non-Stationarity of German Income Mobility (and Some Observations on Poverty Dynamics)

Christian Schluter

Economics Working Papers from European University Institute

Abstract: The intra-distributional mobility of German income dynamics is analysed using GSOEP. Transition probabilities are found to be time-varying. The tested models comprise various mixed Markov chains in discrete time and a non-stationary mover-stayer model is proposed. In order to explain the observed mobility profiles, we concentrate on one important income class -the poor- instead of the entire transition matrix. Various poverty duration models are examined.

Keywords: GERMANY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 D31 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1996
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