Subject: Income mobility
Subject: Income inequality
Subject: Mixing
Subject: North Macedonia
Year: 2023
Type: Proceeding article
Title: Income Mobility and Mixing in North Macedonia
Author: Stojkoski, Viktor
Author: Mitikj, Sonja
Author: Trpkova-Nestorovska, Marija
Author: Tevdovski, Dragan
Abstract: This study presents the inaugural analysis of income mobility in North Macedonia from 1995-2021 using the Mixing Time and Mean First Passage Time (MFPT) metrics. We document larger mobility (in terms of Mixing Time) during the '90s, with and decreasing trend (in terms of mobility) until 1999. After this year the Mixing time has been consistent with a value of around 4 years. Using the MFPT, we highlight the evolving challenges individuals face when aspiring to higher income tiers. Namely, we show that there was a noticeable upward trend in MFPT from 1995 to 2006, a subsequent decline until 2017, and then an ascent again, peaking in 2021. These findings provide a foundational perspective on the income mobility in North Macedonia.
Publisher: Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Relation: 4th international conference "Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future"
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/28864
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/28864Identifier: http://doi.org/10.47063/EBTSF.2023.0026
