Income Mobility in Costa Rica, 2001-2007

Revista de Ciencias Economicas

Juan Diego Trejos¹  T.H. Gindling² 

[1] Universidad de Costa Rica;University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA);

关键词: MOBILITY;    INCOME DISTRIBUTION;    LABOR MARKET;    EDUCATION;    FAMILY STRUCTURE;   

DOI  :  10.15517/rce.v32i1.15050

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this paper we study year-to-year intra-generational income mobility in Costa Rica. To do so we use a panel data set constructed from the Household Surveys for Multiple Purposes (2001-2007) that allows us to follow the same households and persons from year-to-year. We find that there is substantial year-to-year income mobility in Costa Rica, especially in the middle of the income distribution. We also identify the factors that most affect year-to-year income mobility in Costa Rica. We find that per capita income is conditionally convergent; low-income families are more likely to experience an increase in income than are high-income families. Aside from initial per capita income, the three most important factors that explain changes in per capita household income in Costa Rica are, in order of importance: (1) changes in the employment status of household members; (2) changes in the number of dependents (children, elderly and other non-working members) in the household; and (3) the education of household members, especially the household head.

【 授权许可】

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