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Like father, like son? : a comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US
Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2019
Are children better off than their parents? This highly debated question in politics and economics is investigated by analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231945
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Like father, like son? : a comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US
Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2018
Are children better off than their parents? This highly debated question in politics and economics is investigated by analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011919636
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Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA : evidence from labour market panel surveys
Hlasny, Vladimir; AlAzzawi, Shireen - 2018
This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status across six new harmonized surveys from three Arab countries: Egypt (1998, 2006, 2012), Jordan (2010, 2016) and Tunisia (2014). We link individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806811
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Ethnic differences in intergenerational housing mobility in England and Wales
Buscha, Franz; Gorman, Emma; Sturgis, Patrick; Zhang, Min - 2023
. These patterns are likely, in turn, to exacerbate existing gradients in other dimensions of ethnicity-based inequality now …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479679
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Inequality and happiness : when perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy … satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; inequality ; income distribution ; redistribution ; political ideology ; justice ; fairness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697799
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Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in Germany : moving with natives or stuck in their neighborhoods?
Yuksel, Mutlu - 2009
In this paper, I analyze intergenerational mobility of immigrants and natives in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), I find intergenerational elasticities that range from 0.19 to 0.26 for natives and from 0.37 to 0.40 for immigrants. These elasticity estimates are lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932468
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Heterogeneous income profiles and life-cycle bias in intergenerational mobility estimation
Nybom, Martin; Stuhler, Jan - 2011
Research on intergenerational income mobility is based on current income since data on lifetime income are typically not available for two generations. However, using snapshots of income over shorter periods causes a so-called life-cycle bias if the snapshots cannot mimic lifetime outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306319
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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2015
Italian Embassy in Germany. Although we confirm substantial inequality of educational achievements between immigrants and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530608
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Intergenerational long term effects of preschool : structural estimates from a discrete dynamic programming model
Heckman, James J.; Raut, Lakshmi Kanta - 2013
This paper formulates a structural dynamic programming model of preschool investment choices of altruistic parents and then empirically estimates the structural parameters of the model using the NLSY79 data. The paper finds that preschool investment significantly boosts cognitive and...
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Intergenerational earnings mobility and preferences for redistribution
Siedler, Thomas; Sonnenberg, Bettina - 2012
This paper analyzes the extent to which intergenerational upward and downward mobility in earnings are related to individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study - whether the taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665011