unemployment rates across countries but does not explain why geographical mobility is very low in some countries (on average, three … times lower in Europe than in the U.S.). We build a model in which both unemployment and mobility rates are endogenous. Our … findings indicate that an increase in unemployment benefits and in taxes does not generate a strong decline in mobility and …

Social mobility—the extent to which social and economic position in adulthood is facilitated or constrained by family … to study trends in social mobility in England and Wales, in three post-war generations, using linked Decennial Census … data. We estimate rates of occupational social class mobility by sex and region of origin. Our findings show considerable …