A family income distribution model for regional (Massachusetts) policy analysis

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
George I. Treyz ◽  
G.E. DuGuay ◽  
C. Lon Chen ◽  
Roy E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Distribution Model

Precarious Childhoods: Childhood Family Income Volatility and Mental Health in Early Adulthood

Social Forces ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 672-699
Author(s):  
Siwei Cheng ◽  
Kyriaki Kosidou ◽  
Bo Burström ◽  
Charlotte Björkenstam ◽  
Anne R Pebley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Income Volatility ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The rise of income volatility in western countries has been extensively documented in the literature, but empirical research has just started to examine how childhood exposure to family income volatility affects subsequent wellbeing. This study takes advantage of several nation-wide, population registers from Sweden with linkages within and across generations to examine the intergenerational impact of childhood family income volatility on psychiatric disorders in early adulthood. In addition to the population-average effects, we also examine the heterogeneity in the impact of family income volatility for families at the top, bottom, and middle of the family income distribution. Our results suggest that after controlling for a set of family- and child-level characteristics, childhood family income volatility has a negative effect on mental wellbeing, and this finding is consistent across a range of psychiatric outcomes. Furthermore, we show that while children from low-income families exhibit the greatest likelihood of psychiatric disorder, children from families in the middle of the income distribution experience the greatest negative impact of income volatility.

A LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS OF FAMILY INCOME DISTRIBUTION

1984 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
EVELYN LEHRER ◽  
MARC NERLOVE
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Family Income

An income distribution model for Mexico

1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-287
Author(s):  
Arthur J. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Distribution Model

Family Income Distribution: Explanation and Policy Evaluation

1979 ◽  
Vol 87 (5, Part 2) ◽  
pp. S133-S161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Layard ◽  
Antoni Zabalza
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Family Income

American Prices and Urban Inequality Since 1820

1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey G. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
Urban Inequality ◽  
Long Term Trends

This article examines the forces that appear to have driven long-term trends in American urban inequality. The changing structure of consumer goods' prices is shown to have played a significant—but not dominant—role in every phase of increasing and decreasing nominal inequality from 1820 to 1929. The revealed symmetry in movement between the urban price and income structure suggests that a successful macro-distribution model must explain both historical phenomena. Finally, the article concludes that technological imbalance was a crucial element in shaping peacetime patterns of income distribution.

As Higher Education Expands, is it Contributing to Greater Inequality?

2011 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. R34-R47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Carnoy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Education Spending ◽  
Education Expansion ◽  
Spending Patterns ◽  
Government Education ◽  
Mass Expansion

This paper reviews the various elements that enter into the relation between higher education expansion and income distribution. Contrary to the prevailing ideology, the paper suggests that under certain conditions the mass expansion of higher education can contribute to greater income inequality. These conditions are related to three important variables not usually considered in the education-income distribution model: rising returns to university education relative to secondary and primary education, decreasing public spending differences between higher and lower levels of education, and increasing spending differences between elite and mass universities. All three appear to be increasingly common features of educational expansion in developing countries, including large ones such as China, Russia, Brazil, and India, although researchers are just beginning to observe such changing patterns of spending within higher education systems. The paper discusses the role that such payoffs and government education spending patterns can play in contributing to changes in income distribution using suggestive data from the developing countries.

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