in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and USA. The main findings are that family and … found in USA. This holds true for both male and female siblings. A deeper analysis of Germany shows that family background …This paper is the first to analyze the impact of family background on permanent earnings based on sibling correlations …

, with a focus on the role of gender and marital status. We confirm that earnings mobility in the Nordic countries is … family earnings, on the other hand, leads to estimates of intergenerational mobility in the Nordic countries which exceed …