1.0Liberty Street Economicshttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.orgblog authorhttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/author/blog-author/Household Consumption Mobility over the Life-Cycle - Liberty Street Economicsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PvmTqB83n3"><a href="https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2016/05/household-consumption-mobility-over-the-life-cycle/">Household Consumption Mobility over the Life‑Cycle</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2016/05/household-consumption-mobility-over-the-life-cycle/embed/#?secret=PvmTqB83n3" width="600" height="338" title="“Household Consumption Mobility over the Life‑Cycle” — Liberty Street Economics" data-secret="PvmTqB83n3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/05/6a01348793456c970c01b8d1e1f254970c-500wi.jpg460288Commonly used metrics of inequality and mobility attempt to capture how household (or individual) income compares to the rest of the population and how persistent that income is over the life cycle.