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Spatial segregation and socio-economic mobility in European cities
Ham, Maarten van; Tammaru, Tiit; Vuijst, Elise de; … - 2016
society, and this can lead to social unrest. Increasing inequality and socio-economic segregation is therefore a major concern … for local and national governments. Socio-economic segregation is the outcome of a combination of inequality and poverty …Income inequality is increasing in European cities and this rising inequality has a spatial footprint in cities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011551914
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Immobile Australia : surnames show strong status persistence, 1870-2017
Clark, Gregory; Leigh, Andrew; Pottenger, Mike - 2017
The paper paper estimates long run social mobility in Australia 1870-2017 tracking the status of rare surnames. The status information includes occupations from electoral rolls, and records of degrees awarded by Melbourne and Sydney universities. Status persistence was strong throughout, with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721622
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Immobile Australia : surnames show strong status persistence, 1870-2017
Clark, Gregory; Leigh, Andrew; Pottenger, Mike - 2017
The paper estimates long run social mobility in Australia 1870–2017 tracking the status of rare surnames. The status information includes occupations from electoral rolls 1903-1980, and records of degrees awarded by Melbourne and Sydney universities 1852-2017. Status persistence was strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732056
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New estimates of intergenerational mobility in Australia
Mendolia, Silvia; Siminski, Peter - 2015
-sectional inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347277
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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality : lessons from Latin America
Neidhöfer, Guido - 2016
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents ́and childrenś economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440819
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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality : lessons from Latin America
Neidhöfer, Guido - 2015
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459537
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Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022 - This version: June 2022
rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On …. disadvantaged children, earnings inequality could increase between one and four Gini points, depending on the assumptions. …
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Opportunity and inequality across generations
Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2022
We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment, applying dynamic inverse probability weighting to account for dynamic selection. We show that the program is successful in increasing employment and reducing social assistance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012879620
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Income inequality, equality of opportunity, and intergenerational mobility
Corak, Miles - 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/10009777000
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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