Uncertainty of Households' Income in European Union Countries and Poland

• Autorzy: Barbara Liberda , Brunon Górecki , Marek Pęczkowski
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article examines the uncertainty of household income in European Union countries and in one accession country - Poland. Using the data from the Household Budget Surveys for a panel of twelve European Union countries in years 1995-98, and the Household Budget Survey for the Polish households' panel for 1997-2000, we estimate the uncertainty of household income by decomposing it into a variance of permanent income and a variance of transitory income. For particular countries we assess these two measures of income uncertainty using different criteria: age, gender, main economic activity, education and professional status of the household head. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Household income; Budgets of households; Uncertainty; International comparisons

PL

Dochody gospodarstw domowych; Budżet gospodarstwa domowego; Niepewność; Porównania międzynarodowe

• Czasopismo: Emergo. Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 2--15

Twórcy

autor

Barbara Liberda

• University of Warsaw, Poland

autor

Brunon Górecki

• University of Warsaw, Poland

autor

Marek Pęczkowski

• University of Warsaw, Poland

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