Proposal for New Occasional Paper on Income Growth, Inter-generational Inequality and Mobility Trends

Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) whether the Ministry has plans to issue another Occasional Paper to study income growth, inter-generational inequality and mobility trends in Singapore, especially for Singaporeans born after 1982, similar to the Occasional Paper released in August 2015; and (b) if not, why not.

The Government has plans to do so. We have also been providing data and analysis on these trends through annual reports, such as the Key Household Income Trends report, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics as well as in publications and speeches.