income distributions. By matching inequality measures on test scores, years of education and labour earnings by country …) capable to reduce income inequalities thirty years later. …

important role. When controlling for attitudes, however, the relative income position remains significant in affecting the … probability of union membership. We also show that there are no significant trends in the relationship between relative income …

different birth cohorts. Relative inequality of opportunity represents an important portion of total income inequality, with …. This is a quite different age profile from that of inequality of outcomes (income or consumption), which generally … countries, notably Italy, these trends have failed to translate into decreasing inequality of opportunity in the income …

portion of total income inequality, with values ranging from 30 to 50 percent according to the standard deviation of logs. For … education, and c) networking activity of parents. While the first two variables exhibit a declining trend in all countries …

Intergenerational mobility in income and education is affected by the influence of parents on children's school choices …. Our focus is on the role played by different school systems in reducing or magnifying the impact of parents on children … on children choices. Using data from a cross-country survey (PISA 2003), we study the impact of parental education on …