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Concept and Measurement of Poverty

Earnings Mobility in Hong Kong

The findings of a study on earnings mobility conducted in 2001 were as follows -

(a) Earnings mobility rates by quintile for all employed persons over the period 1991-2000

	Quintile in 2000

Quintile in 1991	Bottom	2nd	3rd	4th	Top	Total


Bottom	42.4%	24.6%	17.5%	10.9%	4.6%	100%
2nd	25.0%	32.5%	23.1%	14.8%	4.7%	100%
3rd	16.2%	26.1%	25.4%	23.3%	8.9%	100%
4th	11.9%	11.6%	22.9%	31.5%	22.1%	100%
Top	4.5%	5.2%	11.1%	19.6%	59.7%	100%


Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

(b) Overall earnings mobility rate for all employed persons over the period 1991-2000

	1991-96	1996-2000	1991-2000


Upward	24.2%	24.0%	30.9%
No change	49.4%	55.4%	38.3%
Downward	26.4%	20.5%	30.8%


Total	100%	100%	100%

Note : Figures may not add up exactly to the total due to rounding.

Source : Report on “Earnings Mobility in Hong Kong” produced by the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, University of Hong Kong.

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