Assessing Intergenerational Earnings Persistence Among German Workers

In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates that about 1/3 of the earnings differential in the labor market has been passed on from the generation of fathers to their sons.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Pfeiffer, Friedhelm ; Eisenhauer, Philipp
Institutions:	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Subject:	Intergenerational Mobility \| Lifecycle \| Permanent Earnings \| Wages

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ZEW Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 08-014
Classification:	J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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