Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/99183 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Citation: 
[Journal:] Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung [ISSN:] 1861-1559 [Volume:] 70 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Duncker & Humblot [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2001 [Pages:] 59-65
Publisher: 
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Abstract: 
The United States is often considered to be more free-wheeling and mobile than Germany; however, previous cross-national studies of income mobility find the oppositeis true. This paper investigates these surprising results and finds that they are confirmed when income mobility is measured by changes in the positions of individuals inthe income distribution - members of former West German households are more income mobile than Americans. However, when income mobility is measured by absolute movements in income, Americans are found to be more income mobile than members of former West German households.
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