Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States since 1850: Comment
Using historical census and survey data, Long and Ferrie (2013) found a significant decline in social mobility in the United States from 1880 to 1973. We present two critiques of the Long-Ferrie study. First, the data quality of the Long-Ferrie study is more limiting than the authors acknowledge. Second, and more critically, they applied a method ill-suited for measuring social mobility of farmers in a comparative study between 1880 and 1973, a period in which the proportion of farmers dramatically declined in the United States. We show that Long and Ferrie's main conclusion is all driven by this misleading result for farmers.
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2013
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Authors: | Xie, Yu ; Killewald, Alexandra |
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American Economic Review. - American Economic Association - AEA. - Vol. 103.2013, 5, p. 2003-20
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American Economic Association - AEA |
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Online Resource
Extent: | application/pdf application/zip |
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Type of publication: | Article |
Notes: | DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.5.2003 |
Classification: | J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility ; N31 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913 ; N32 - U.S.; Canada: 1913- ; N51 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913 ; N52 - U.S.; Canada: 1913- |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815537
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