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Distributional Change: Assessing the Contribution of Household Income Sources
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Abstract We develop a decomposition of changes in household income distributions by factor components to quantify the contribution of changes over time in the association between sources of income and changes in their (marginal) distributions. The two components are broken down to isolate the contribution of... view more
We develop a decomposition of changes in household income distributions by factor components to quantify the contribution of changes over time in the association between sources of income and changes in their (marginal) distributions. The two components are broken down to isolate the contribution of specific income sources. An application to the change in the distribution of household incomes in Luxembourg between 2004 and 2013 reveals contrasted results: increased association between spouse earnings, public transfers and taxes depressed the income share of poor households while changes in marginal distributions increased incomes in the upper half of the distribution.... view less
Keywords
household income; income; income distribution; Luxembourg
Classification
Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy
Free Keywords
EU-SILC 2004-2013
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 158-184
Journal
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 84 (2022) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12462
ISSN
0305-9049
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed