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Markus Jäntti

Professor of Economics, Stockholm University
Verified email at sofi.su.se
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Income poverty in advanced countries

M Jäntti, S Danziger - Handbook of income distribution, 2000 - Elsevier
This chapter reviews definitional issues that arise in assessing the extent of, and change in,
poverty in western industrialized countries, including the choice of resource, level of poverty …

Intergenerational income mobility in Sweden compared to the United States

A Björklund, M Jäntti - The American Economic Review, 1997 - JSTOR
Intergenerational income correlations are an important indication of the extent of economic
mobility across families. Until recently it has been thought that the correlations between fa …

Intergenerational income mobility and the role of family background

A Björklund, M Jäntti - 2011 - academic.oup.com
This article deals with the transmission of economic inequality from one generation to the
next. Section 2 presents a theoretical discussion of the mechanisms that may explain the …

Intergenerational mobility, intergenerational effects, sibling correlations, and equality of opportunity: A comparison of four approaches

A Björklund, M Jäntti - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents and discusses four different approaches to the study of how individuals'
income and education during adulthood are related to their family background. The most …

Income mobility

M Jäntti, SP Jenkins - Handbook of income distribution, 2015 - Elsevier
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Income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries compared to the United States

R Aaberge, A Björklund, M Jäntti… - Review of Income …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This paper compares income inequality and income mobility in the Scandinavian countries
and the United States during 1980–90. The results suggest that inequality is greater in the …

Protein kinase C activation as a potential therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer's disease: is there a role for embryonic lethal abnormal vision‐like proteins?

V Talman, A Pascale, M Jäntti… - Basic & clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is an irreversible
and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It affects predominantly brain areas that are …

Child poverty across industrialized nations

B Bradbury, M Jäntti - 1999 - econstor.eu
While child poverty is everywhere seen as an important social problem, there is
considerable variation in both anti-poverty policies and poverty outcomes across the …

Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States

A Björklund, T Eriksson, M Jäntti, O Raaum… - Journal of Population …, 2002 - Springer
The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful “omnibus measure” of the
overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we …

[BOOK][B] Intergenerational mobility of socio-economic status in comparative perspective

A Björklund, M Jäntti - 1999 - researchgate.net
This paper reviews three strands of literature on socio-economic intergenerational mobility.
The first is a mostly recent and rapidly growing economics literature that measures mobility …