The paper estimates the degree of intergenerational earnings persistence in South Africa. It explores the link between … Dynamics Study (NIDS), the paper finds that intergenerational earnings mobility in South Africa is low. In addition, a limited …

We compare the earnings and the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an … have lower intergenerational earnings mobility within groups with similar ethnic backgrounds. Immigrant groups with … relatively low intergenerational earnings mobility increased their average relative earnings in the second generation. The …

I document a strong negative cross-country correlation between intergenerational earnings persistence and tax … progressivity, and between intergenerational earnings persistence and public expenditure on tertiary education. To explain these … other countries. I find that individual investments in human capital accounts for 62% of the estimated intergenerational …

This paper contributes to the large number of studies on intergenerational earnings and income mobility by providing …

This paper examines the potential effect of marital disruption on intergenerational earnings mobility.We observe the …