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Household income dynamics : a four-country story

Fields, Gary S.; Cichello, Paul; Freije, Samuel; Menéndez, Marta; Newhouse, David (2003), Household income dynamics : a four-country story, The Journal of Development Studies, 40, 2, p. 30-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220380412331293757

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2003
Journal name
The Journal of Development Studies
Volume
40
Number
2
Publisher
F. Cass
Pages
30-54
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Author(s)
Fields, Gary S.
Cichello, Paul
Freije, Samuel
Menéndez, Marta
Newhouse, David
Abstract (EN)
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.
Subjects / Keywords
Venezuela; South Africa; Spain; Indonesia; Income dynamics
JEL
I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development