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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Japan among Sons and Daughters: Levels and Trends
Lefranc, Arnaud; Ojima, Fumiaki; Yoshida, Takashi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper estimates the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Japan among sons and daughters born between … intergenerational income elasticity (IGE) for both sons and daughters, in Japan lies around .35, which is an intermediate value, by … Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) surveys, collected between 1965 and 2005. Father's income is predicted on the …
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A General Semiparametric Approach to Inference with Marker-Dependent Hazard Rate Models
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Janys, Lena; Mammen, Enno; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine a new general class of hazard rate models for survival data, containing a parametric and a nonparametric component. Both can be a mix of a time effect and (possibly time-dependent) marker or covariate effects. A number of well-known models are special cases. In a counting process...
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Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; López, Marta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703315
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Class Origin, Family Culture, and Intergenerational Correlation of Education in Rural China
Sato, Hiroshi; Shi, Li - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational correlation of education in rural China by using a data from a large survey of households. Three generations who completed education during the period from pre-1949 to the beginning of the 2000s are included. The focus is on the influence...
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Social Class and Undergraduate Degree Subject in the UK
Bratti, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Although past research has found strong social class effects on the decision to undertake higher education in the UK, there is only sparse empirical work investigating social class influences on the choice of degree subject at the undergraduate level. Using Universities’ Statistical Record...
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Class Ridden or Meritocratic? An Economic Analysis of Recent Changes in Britain
Galindo-Rueda, Fernando; Vignoles, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
In a meritocratic society an individual's economic success is determined by their ability, not by their parents' socio-economic status. We assess whether meritocracy has increased in both the British education system and labour market. The richness of our longitudinal data enables us to look at...
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Social Mobility: Is There an Advantage in Being English in Scotland?
van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan; Manley, David; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature...
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Why Is There No Income Gap Between the Hui Muslim Minority and the Han Majority in Rural Ningxia, China?
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Sai, Ding - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
. Yet there is no gap in average disposable income between the two ethnic groups and poverty rates are very similar. This … paradox is due to members of Hui households earning more income outside the farm than members of Han households. Particularly … young male Hui living in poor villages have a remarkably high likelihood of migrating, thereby bringing home income to their …
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Income Receipt and Mortality: Evidence from Swedish Public Sector Employees
Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience liquidity …
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Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Li, Shi; Sato, Hiroshi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty …. This has had consequences for providing official data on wages, income and poverty which we discuss along with other … earnings, household income and poverty, and we present seven of these in the paper. …
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