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RELATIVE EARNINGS REDUX: YOUTH MOBILITY IN THE 1980s
Author(s) -
Schiller Bradley R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
review of income and wealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1475-4991
pISSN - 0034-6586
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1994.tb00086.x
Subject(s) - redux , earnings , economics , inequality , demographic economics , race (biology) , labour economics , sociology , gender studies , mathematical analysis , mathematics , accounting , engineering , aerospace engineering
A complete view of inequality should encompass not only measures of distance between hierarchical ranks, but also measures of the extent of individual movement across ranks (mobility). Evidence from the NLSY indicates that relative earnings mobility was pervasive among young workers in the 1980s; possibly even higher than in the 1960s. Gender and race differences are apparent, however.