This paper concerns the problem of inferring the effects of covariates on intergenerational income mobility, i.e. on … of mobility- (i) traditional transition probability of movement across income quantiles over generations and (ii) a new …

Lower intergenerational income mobility for blacks is a likely cause behind the persistent interracial gap in economic … status in the United States. However, few studies have analyzed black-white differences in intergenerational income mobility … traditional transition probability of movement across income quantiles. We then introduce a new measure of upward mobility which …

Lower intergenerational income mobility for blacks is a likely cause behind the persistent inter-racial gap in economic … status in the US. However, few studies have analyzed black-white differences in intergenerational income mobility and the … transition probability of movement across income quantiles. We then introduce a new measure of upward mobility which is the …

This paper concerns the problem of inferring the effects of covariates on intergenerational income mobility, i.e. on … of mobility - (i) traditional transition probability of movement across income quantiles over generations and (ii) a new …