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Is inequality, demographically induced? The family cycle and the distribution of income in Taiwan 1954-1978.

By: Greenbalgh, Susan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Population Council Center for policy studies working paper;No.103. Publisher: New York : Population Council, 1983Subject(s): Income | Income distribution -- Taiwan. -- Income distribution -- TaiwanSummary: While it is widely recognised that inequality is in part demographically induced by the family cycle, existing measures of `demographic differentiation' are limited by their reliance on cross-sectional data and their use of individual level measures of the family cycle. That 1/3 to 1/2 of income inequality and mobility can be traced to the family cycle.
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While it is widely recognised that inequality is in part demographically induced by the family cycle, existing measures of `demographic differentiation' are limited by their reliance on cross-sectional data and their use of individual level measures of the family cycle. That 1/3 to 1/2 of income inequality and mobility can be traced to the family cycle.

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