What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?

Multigenerational mobility refers to the associations in socioeconomic status across three or more generations. This article begins by summarising the longstanding but recently growing empirical literature on multigenerational mobility. It then discusses multiple theoretical interpretations of the empirical patterns, including the one recently proposed in Gregory Clark's book The Son Also Rises.

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Solon, Gary
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Subject:	multigenerational mobility

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 10623
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	884016196 [GVK] hdl:10419/161246 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10623 [RePEc]
Classification:	D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility
Source:	EconStor

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