Why are households that report the lowest incomes so well-off
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
Other versions of this item:
- Mike Brewer & Ben Etheridge & Cormac O’Dea, 2017. "Why are Households that Report the Lowest Incomes So Well‐off?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 127(605), pages 24-49, October.
References listed on IDEAS
- Poterba, James M, 1989.
"Lifetime Incidence and the Distributional Burden of Excise Taxes,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(2), pages 325-330, May.
- Poterba, J.M., 1989. "Lifetime Incidence And The Distributional Burden Of Excise Taxes," Working papers 510, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
- James M. Poterba, 1989. "Lifetime Incidence and the Distributional Burden of Excise Taxes," NBER Working Papers 2833, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Andrew Barnard & Steve Howell & Robert Smith, 2011. "The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, 2009/10 ‐ Further analysis and methodology," Economic & Labour Market Review, Palgrave Macmillan;Office for National Statistics, vol. 5(6), pages 1-95, June.
- Angus Deaton, 2005.
"Measuring Poverty in a Growing World (or Measuring Growth in a Poor World),"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 87(1), pages 1-19, February.
- Angus Deaton, 2003. "Measuring Poverty in a Growing World (or Measuring Growth in a Poor World)," NBER Working Papers 9822, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Angus Deaton, 2004. "Measuring poverty in a growing world (or measuring growth in a poor world)," Working Papers 178, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Research Program in Development Studies..
- Bruce D. Meyer & James X. Sullivan, 2003. "Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption," NBER Working Papers 9760, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Joseph G. Altonji & Anthony A. Smith Jr. & Ivan Vidangos, 2013.
"Modeling Earnings Dynamics,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 81(4), pages 1395-1454, July.
- Ivan Vidangos & Joseph G. Altonji & Anthony Smith, 2005. "Modeling Earnings Dynamics," 2005 Meeting Papers 259, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Joseph Altonji, 2012. "Modeling Earnings Dynamics," 2012 Meeting Papers 1180, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Joseph G. Altonji & Anthony Smith & Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Modeling Earnings Dynamics," NBER Working Papers 14743, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Joseph Altonji & Anthony Smith & Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Modeling earnings dynamics," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2009-08, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Matthew Brzozowski & Thomas F. Crossley, 2011.
"Viewpoint: Measuring the well‐being of the poor with income or consumption: a Canadian perspective,"
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(1), pages 88-106, February.
- Matthew Brzozowski & Thomas F. Crossley, 2011. "Viewpoint: Measuring the well-being of the poor with income or consumption: a Canadian perspective," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 44(1), pages 88-106, February.
- Jenkins, Stephen P., 2011. "Changing Fortunes: Income Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Britain," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199226436.
- Peter Lynn & Annette Jäckle & Stephen P. Jenkins & Emanuela Sala, 2012.
"The impact of questioning method on measurement error in panel survey measures of benefit receipt: evidence from a validation study,"
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 175(1), pages 289-308, January.
- Lynn, Peter & Jäckle, Annette & Jenkins, Stephen P. & Sala, Emanuela, 2012. "The impact of questioning method on measurement error in panel survey measures of benefit receipt: evidence from a validation study," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 38080, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Storesletten, Kjetil & Telmer, Christopher I. & Yaron, Amir, 2004.
"Consumption and risk sharing over the life cycle,"
Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 609-633, April.
- Kjetil Storesletten & Chris Telmer & Amir Yaron, 1997. "Consumption and risk sharing over the life cycle," GSIA Working Papers 228, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business.
- Kjetil Storesletten & Chris I. Telmer & Amir Yaron, 2000. "Consumption and Risk Sharing Over the Life Cycle," NBER Working Papers 7995, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Storesletten, Kjetil & Telmer, Chris & Yaron, Amir, 2002. "Consumption and Risk Sharing Over the Life Cycle," Seminar Papers 702, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
- Costas Meghir & Luigi Pistaferri, 2004.
"Income Variance Dynamics and Heterogeneity,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 72(1), pages 1-32, January.
- Costas Meghir & Luigi Pistaferri, 2001. "Income variance dynamics and heterogenity," IFS Working Papers W01/07, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Meghir, Costas & Pistaferri, Luigi, 2002. "Income Variance Dynamics and Heterogeneity," CEPR Discussion Papers 3632, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Mark Aguiar & Mark Bils, 2015.
"Has Consumption Inequality Mirrored Income Inequality?,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(9), pages 2725-2756, September.
- Mark Bils & Mark Aguiar, 2010. "Has Consumption Inequality Mirrored Income Inequality?," 2010 Meeting Papers 1334, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Mark A. Aguiar & Mark Bils, 2011. "Has Consumption Inequality Mirrored Income Inequality?," NBER Working Papers 16807, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Lorenzo Cappellari & Stephen P. Jenkins, 2004.
"Modelling low income transitions,"
Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(5), pages 593-610.
- P. Jenkins, Stephen & Cappellari, Lorenzo, 2002. "Modelling low income transitions," ISER Working Paper Series 2002-08, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
- Lorenzo Cappellari & Stephen P. Jenkins, 2002. "Modelling Low Income Transitions," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 288, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Cappellari, Lorenzo & Jenkins, Stephen P., 2002. "Modelling Low Income Transitions," IZA Discussion Papers 504, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Browning, Martin & Crossley, Thomas F., 2001.
"Unemployment insurance benefit levels and consumption changes,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(1), pages 1-23, April.
- Martin Browning & Thomas Crossley, "undated". "Unemployment Insurance Benefit Levels and Consumption Changes," Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers 25, McMaster University.
- Martin Browning & Thomas Crossley, 1996. "Unemployment Insurance Benefit Levels and Consumption Changes," Department of Economics Working Papers 1996-01, McMaster University.
- Martin Browning & Thomas Crossley, 1999. "Unemployment Insurance Benefit Levels and Consumption Changes," CEPR Discussion Papers 405, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
- Martin Browning & Thomas Crossley, 1996. "Unemployment Insurance Benefit Levels and Consumption Changes," Discussion Papers 96-11, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
- Slesnick, Daniel T, 1993. "Gaining Ground: Poverty in the Postwar United States," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 101(1), pages 1-38, February.
- Richard Bavier, 2008. "Reconciliation of income and consumption data in poverty measurement," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(1), pages 40-62.
- Bound, John & Brown, Charles & Mathiowetz, Nancy, 2001. "Measurement error in survey data," Handbook of Econometrics, in: J.J. Heckman & E.E. Leamer (ed.), Handbook of Econometrics, edition 1, volume 5, chapter 59, pages 3705-3843, Elsevier.
- MaCurdy, Thomas E., 1982. "The use of time series processes to model the error structure of earnings in a longitudinal data analysis," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 83-114, January.
- Garry Barrett & Peter Levell & Kevin Milligan, 2014.
"A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods,"
NBER Chapters, in: Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, pages 263-286,
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Garry Barrett & Peter Levell & Kevin Milligan, 2013. "A Comparison of Micro and Macro Expenditure Measures Across Countries Using Differing Survey Methods," NBER Working Papers 19544, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- John Sabelhaus & Jeffrey A. Groen, 2000. "Can Permanent-Income Theory Explain Cross-Sectional Consumption Patterns?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 82(3), pages 431-438, August.
- Mike Brewer & Cormac O'Dea, 2012. "Measuring living standards with income and consumption: evidence from the UK," IFS Working Papers W12/12, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- repec:esx:essedp:736 is not listed on IDEAS
- Mike Brewer & Cormac O'Dea, 2012. "Measuring living standards with income and consumption: evidence from the UK," IFS Working Papers W12/12, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Brewer, Mike & O'Dea, Cormac, 2012. "Measuring living standards with income and consumption: evidence from the UK," ISER Working Paper Series 2012-05, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
- Fatih Guvenen & Fatih Karahan & Serdar Ozkan & Jae Song, 2021.
"What Do Data on Millions of U.S. Workers Reveal About Lifecycle Earnings Dynamics?,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 89(5), pages 2303-2339, September.
- Fatih Guvenen & Fatih Karahan & Serdar Ozkan & Jae Song, 2015. "What Do Data on Millions of U.S. Workers Reveal about Life-Cycle Earnings Dynamics?," Staff Reports 710, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Joseph Altonji & Disa Hynsjo & Ivan Vidangos, 2023.
"Individual Earnings and Family Income: Dynamics and Distribution,"
Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 49, pages 225-250, July.
- Joseph G. Altonji & Disa M. Hynsjö & Ivan Vidangos, 2022. "Individual Earnings and Family Income: Dynamics and Distribution," NBER Working Papers 30095, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Cristina Bernini & Maria Francesca Cracolici & Cinzia Viroli, 2017. "Does Tourism Consumption Behaviour Mirror Differences in Living Standards?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 134(3), pages 1157-1171, December.
- Masakatsu Okubo, 2015. "Earnings Dynamics and Profile Heterogeneity: Estimates from Japanese Panel Data," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 66(1), pages 112-146, March.
- Joseph G. Altonji & Anthony A. Smith Jr. & Ivan Vidangos, 2013.
"Modeling Earnings Dynamics,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 81(4), pages 1395-1454, July.
- Ivan Vidangos & Joseph G. Altonji & Anthony Smith, 2005. "Modeling Earnings Dynamics," 2005 Meeting Papers 259, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Joseph G. Altonji & Anthony Smith & Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Modeling Earnings Dynamics," NBER Working Papers 14743, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Joseph Altonji, 2012. "Modeling Earnings Dynamics," 2012 Meeting Papers 1180, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Joseph Altonji & Anthony Smith & Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Modeling earnings dynamics," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2009-08, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Bruce D. Meyer & James X. Sullivan, 2011.
"Viewpoint: Further results on measuring the well‐being of the poor using income and consumption,"
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(1), pages 52-87, February.
- Bruce D. Meyer & James X. Sullivan, 2011. "Viewpoint: Further results on measuring the well-being of the poor using income and consumption," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 44(1), pages 52-87, February.
- Etheridge, Ben, 2015. "A test of the household income process using consumption and wealth data," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 129-157.
- Costanza Naguib & Patrick Gagliardini, 2023. "A Semi-nonparametric Copula Model for Earnings Mobility," Diskussionsschriften dp2302, Universitaet Bern, Departement Volkswirtschaft.
- Ivan Vidangos, 2009. "Household welfare, precautionary saving, and social insurance under multiple sources of risk," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2009-14, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Peter Levell & Barra Roantree & Jonathan Shaw, 2021.
"Mobility and the lifetime distributional impact of tax and transfer reforms,"
International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 28(4), pages 751-793, August.
- Peter Levell & Barra Roantree & Jonathan Shaw, 2016. "Mobility and the lifetime distributional impact of tax and transfer reforms," IFS Working Papers W16/17, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Peter Levell & Barra Roantree & Jonathan Shaw, 2017. "Mobility and the lifetime distributional impact of tax and transfer reforms," IFS Working Papers W17/17, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- repec:spo:wpecon:info:hdl:2441/6ggbvnr6munghes9od0s108ro is not listed on IDEAS
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2016.
"Matching, Sorting and Wages,"
Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 19, pages 63-87, January.
- Jean-Marc Robin & Costas Meghir & Jeremy Lise, 2008. "Matching, Sorting and Wages," 2008 Meeting Papers 273, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Thibaut Lamadon & Costas Meghir & Jean Marc Robin & Jeremy Lise, 2018. "Matching, Sorting, and Wages," 2018 Meeting Papers 568, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013. "Matching, Sorting and Wages," Working Papers hal-01070442, HAL.
- Jean-Marc Robin & Costas Meghir & Jeremy Lise, 2009. "Matching, Sorting and Wages," 2009 Meeting Papers 180, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2016. "Matching, Sorting, and Wages," Post-Print hal-03392023, HAL.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013. "Matching, Sorting and Wages," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-01070442, HAL.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2016. "Matching, Sorting, and Wages," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03392023, HAL.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013.
"Mismatch, sorting and wage dynamics,"
IFS Working Papers
W13/16, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013. "Mismatch, Sorting and Wages Dynamics," Working Papers hal-03473908, HAL.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013. "Mismatch, Sorting and Wage Dynamics," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1886, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013. "Mismatch, Sorting and Wages Dynamics," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03473908, HAL.
- Jeremy Lise & Costas Meghir & Jean-Marc Robin, 2013. "Mismatch, Sorting and Wage Dynamics," NBER Working Papers 18719, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Stephen P. Jenkins, 2011.
"Has the Instability of Personal Incomes been Increasing?,"
National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 218(1), pages 33-43, October.
- Jenkins, Stephen P., 2011. "Has the instability of personal incomes been increasing?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 39727, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Hamish Low & Luigi Pistaferri, 2015.
"Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive Insurance Trade-Off,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(10), pages 2986-3029, October.
- Hamish Low & Luigi Pistaferri, 2014. "Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive-Insurance Tradeoff," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 1420, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
- Krueger, D. & Mitman, K. & Perri, F., 2016.
"Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity,"
Handbook of Macroeconomics, in: J. B. Taylor & Harald Uhlig (ed.), Handbook of Macroeconomics, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 0, pages 843-921,
Elsevier.
- Dirk Krueger & Kurt Mitman & Fabrizio Perri, 2016. "Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity," NBER Working Papers 22319, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Mitman, Kurt & Krueger, Dirk & Perri, Fabrizio, 2016. "Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity," CEPR Discussion Papers 11308, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Dirk Krueger & Kurt Mitman & Fabrizio Perri, 2016. "Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity," Staff Report 529, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
- Robin Jessen & Johannes König, 2023.
"Hours risk and wage risk: repercussions over the life cycle,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 125(4), pages 956-996, October.
- Robin Jessen & Johannes König, 2020. "Hours Risk and Wage Risk: Repercussions over the Life-Cycle," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1845, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Jessen, Robin & König, Johannes, 2020. "Hours risk and wage risk: Repercussions over the life-cycle," Discussion Papers 2020/2, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
- Amélie Adeline & Ismaël Choinière Crèvecoeur & Raquel Fonseca & Pierre-Carl Michaud, 2019.
"Income Volatility, Health and Well-Being,"
Cahiers de recherche / Working Papers
1906, Chaire de recherche sur les enjeux économiques intergénérationnels / Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics.
- Amélie Adeline & Raquel Fonseca & Pierre-Carl Michaud, 2020. "Income Volatility, Health and Well-Being," CIRANO Working Papers 2020s-01, CIRANO.
- Adeline, Amelie & Crèvecoeur, Ismael Choinière & Fonseca, Raquel & Michaud, Pierre-Carl, 2019. "Income Volatility, Health and Well-Being," IZA Discussion Papers 12823, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Jonathan Heathcote & Kjetil Storesletten & Giovanni L. Violante, 2009.
"Quantitative Macroeconomics with Heterogeneous Households,"
Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 1(1), pages 319-354, May.
- Jonathan Heathcote & Kjetil Storesletten & Giovanni L. Violante, 2009. "Quantitative Macroeconomics with Heterogeneous Households," NBER Working Papers 14768, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Jonathan Heathcote & Kjetil Storesletten & Giovanni L. Violante, 2009. "Quantitative macroeconomics with heterogeneous households," Staff Report 420, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
More about this item
Keywords
Consumption; Measuring living standards; Poverty;All these keywords.
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:esx:essedp:8993. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Essex Economics Web Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/edessuk.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.