step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …

We study the importance of the extended family - the dynasty - for the persistence in inequality across generations. We … extended family relative to the parents increases. …

We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy …

The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to … provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique … connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these …

between siblings' earnings reflect shared community and family background. These earnings relationships capture important …