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Household income dynamics: a four-country story

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: In this article, we analyse the dynamics of household per capita incomes using longitudinal data from Indonesia, South Africa, Spain and Venezuela. We find that in all four countries reported initial income and job changes of the head are consistently the most important variables in accounting for income changes, overall and for initially poor households. We also find that changes in income are more important than changes in household size and that changes in labour earnings are more important than changes in other sources of household income.

Source: The Journal of Development Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331293757

Authors: Gary Fields, Paul Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menéndez, David Newhouse

Institutions: Cornell University, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Xavier University, Federal Trade Commission

Language: English

Topic: Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1970067904

FWCI: 18.25

Cites: 28

Cited by: 105

Related to: 10