Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Singapore and the United States

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: NG, Irene Y. H., SHEN, Xiaoyi, HO, Kong Weng
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• الموضوعات: Intergenerational earnings mobility; Singapore; United States; Asian Studies; Economics; Public Economics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1631; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2630/viewcontent/2009_IntergenerationalEarningsMobilitySingaporeUS_postprint.pdf

This study compared intergenerational earnings mobility in Singapore and the United States by replicating the sample criteria in the Singapore National Youth Survey on the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The mean estimated earnings elasticities are almost identical: 0.26 in Singapore and 0.28 i...