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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation
Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of...
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Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education among Black South Africans
Magejo, Prudence; Benhura, Miracle; Gwatidzo, Tendai - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
correlation between parents' and children's education. Using data for 1954-1993 birth cohorts, we find a decrease in … education, should target the offspring of educationally deprived parents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959732
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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010676292
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What More Than Parental Income? An Exploration of What Swedish Siblings Get from Their Parents
Björklund, Anders; Lindahl, Lena; Lindquist, Matthew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
, indicators of parents' patience, i.e., propensity to plan ahead and willingness to postpone benefits to the future, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761927
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Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility
Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Families, labor markets, and public policies all structure a child’s opportunities and determine the extent to which adult earnings are related to family background. Cross-country comparisons and the underlying trends suggest that these drivers will most likely lower the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695861
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Overeducation and Skill Endowments: The Role of School Achievement and Vocational Training Quality
Büchel, Felix; Pollmann-Schult, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more differentiated survey of the skill endowments of workers. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763770
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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives
Constant, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts on the natives by drawing on research findings from the existing academic literature on the economics of French migration. The research questions are: how do immigrants fare with respect to wages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763913
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Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment: Evidence for German Sons
Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959626
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Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children?
Lindquist, Matthew J.; Sol, Joeri; Praag, Mirjam C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
it not only includes data on occupational status for the adoptees and their adoptive parents, but also for their … biological parents. Moreover, we use comparable data on entrepreneurship for a large, representative sample of the Swedish … adoptive parents make significant contributions. These effects, however, are quite different in size. The effect of post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959718
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Interpreting Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility
Nybom, Martin; Stuhler, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We examine how intergenerational income mobility responds to structural changes in a simple theoretical model of intergenerational transmission, deviating from the existing literature by explicitly analyzing the transition path between steady states. We find that mobility depends not only on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959835