Question 5 Income mobility matrix Country's position in 1984 Country's position in 1962 1/4 1/2 1 2 ? 1/4 76 12 12 0 0 1/2 52 31 10 7 0 1 9 20 46 26 0 2 0 0 24 53 24 ? 0 0 0 5 95 (5.1) What is the meaning of the circled number 20 in the matrix? (3 points) (5.2) What can you say about: what countries tend to stay rich? What countries tend to stay poor? What countries face a higher risk of becoming poorer? What countries have a better chance of becoming richer? (7 points)
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1) The circled number 20 in the matrix represents the position of the country in 1962. It indicates that in 1962, the country was ranked at the 20th position in terms of income mobility. (5.2) Based on the given information, we can make some observations about Show more…
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