Income instability, mobility and distribution in Argentina

This article analyses changes in the instability of labour incomes in
Greater Buenos Aires between the late 1980s and early 2000s. It aims to
study the impact of those changes on different individual and household
groups, and then to evaluate the influence of current-income variability
on income concentration. For the latter, the average inequality of current
incomes is compared with the inequality of average (i.e. more permanent);
incomes. The results obtained strengthen the argument for combining
cross-section with other data that track the income paths of individuals
through time.