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We estimate the intergenerational elasticity (IGE) of income for the Netherlands using complete population data for … around 177,000 28-year olds. We find that IGEs are much lower when actual individual income data are used rather than proxies … or aggregates for income. Though low, daughters' IGEs are higher than sons' indicating lower income mobility for women. …
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observed for their parents in terms of some economic statuses (wages, income, work hours, and education). Additionally, we … Panel Study of Income Dynamics' data we find that married sons imitate their parents' household disparities more than …
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This study examines intragenerational and intergenerational mobility of employment and income in Viet Nam during 2004 …-2008 and 2010-2014. It finds rather high mobility across income quintiles. There was high mobility of individuals by …
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Canada. At the same time, returns to education have gone up. Both factors have contributed to exacerbating income gaps … between children of parents with and without secondary education. However, the transmission of residual parental income … intergenerational income transmission. In addition, overall income mobility has shrunk less in communities that have experienced greater …
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than the UK or USA (Mendolia and Siminski, 2016), status persistence for surnames is as high as that in England or the USA …
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are low. Despite evidence on conventional measures that Australia has higher rates of social mobility than the UK or USA …, status persistence for surnames is as high as that in England or the USA. …
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The relationship between social mobility and inequality is well studied in the literature, but far greater attention has been paid to 'vertical' than to 'horizontal' inequality. This paper focuses on mobility and horizontal inequality between ethnic, racial, and culturally-defined groups. Not...
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Income inequality and income intergenerational immobility are positively associated across countries. Here we provide … earnings elasticity. This may hint that higher intergenerational mobility will lead to lower income inequality and vice versa …
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