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dc.contributor.authorRohde, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorTang, Kam Ki
dc.contributor.authorRao, DS Prasada
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-12T02:30:40Z
dc.date.available2017-07-12T02:30:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.modified2014-06-17T04:52:20Z
dc.identifier.issn0034-6586
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/roiw.12089
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/60445
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies income volatility using recent data from the Cross National Equivalence File (CNEF). Measures of downward instability are applied to household income streams and the results are interpreted as indicators of income insecurity. Using this method we examine (i) cross national differences in average insecurity levels, (ii) the effects of taxes and transfers, and (iii) relationships between the insecurity index and household income. Insecurity estimates based on pre-government incomes are highest in Britain and lowest in Germany, however results for post-government incomes are highest in the U.S. It is also shown that insecurity estimates based upon pre-government incomes are heavily concentrated at the lower end of the distribution; although governments are effective at smoothing the income streams of these households. We also search for determinants of our measure and find that gender, household size, health status, and industry affiliations of the household head are the most significant covariates.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefromS159
dc.relation.ispartofpagetoS176
dc.relation.ispartofjournalReview of Income and Wealth
dc.relation.ispartofvolume60
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomic theory
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomic theory not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3803
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380199
dc.titleDistributional Characteristics of Income Insecurity in the U.S., Germany, and Britain
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRohde, Nicholas


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