This paper presents new evidence on intergenerational mobility in the top of the income and earnings distribution … the top, more so for income than for earnings. In the extreme top (top 0.1 percent) income transmission is remarkable with … fathers' income are, if anything, negatively associated with these variables. Wealth, on the other hand, has a significantly …

In this paper we use newly compiled top income share data to estimate common breaks and trends across countries over … seem to be as clear cut as previously suggested. Some continental European countries have had increases in top income … display a marked "Anglo-Saxon" pattern, with sharply increased top income shares. Unlike in the Anglo-Saxon countries, however …

. However, social interactive ability turns out to be important for low aptitude students, whilst the reverse holds for … cognitive abilities. In fact, while high performing students benefit from high cognitive teachers, being matched to such a … students, whereas others may even benefit. High cognitive and non-cognitive abilities thus need not necessarily translate into …