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Gender differences in the intergenerational earnings mobility of second-generation migrants

Flake, Regina - 2011

This study analyzes gender differences in the intergenerational earnings mobility of second-generation migrants in Germany. The analysis takes into account potential influences like assortative mating in the form of ethnic marriages and the parental integration measured by parents' years since...

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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...

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Interpreting trends in intergenerational income mobility

Nybom, Martin; Stuhler, Jan - 2013

We examine how intergenerational income mobility responds to structural changes in a simple theoretical model of …

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Recent developments in intergenerational mobility

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J. - 2010

precision of the correlations themselves. -- Education ; income mobility ; income transmission ; intergenerational transmission …

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Intergenerational earnings mobility and preferences for redistribution

Siedler, Thomas; Sonnenberg, Bettina - 2012

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New estimates of intergenerational mobility in Australia

Mendolia, Silvia; Siminski, Peter - 2015

We present new estimates of intergenerational earnings elasticity for Australia. We closely follow the methodology used by Leigh (2007), but use considerably more data (twelve waves of HILDA and four waves of PSID). Our adjusted estimates are intended to be comparable to those for other...

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Family background, education, and earnings : the limited value of "test-score transmission"

Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Justman, Moshe - 2024

Even the most egalitarian education systems employ high-stakes tests to regulate the transition from universal secondary education to selective academic programs that open doors to skilled, well-paid professions. This gives parents a strong incentive to invest substantial resources in improving...

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A lifecycle estimator of intergenerational income mobility

Mello, Ursula; Nybom, Martin; Stuhler, Jan - 2022

The estimation of intergenerational mobility ideally requires full income histories to determine lifetime incomes …. However, as applications are typically based on shorter snapshots, estimates are subject to lifecycle bias. Using long income … of income processes: children from more affluent families tend to experience faster income growth, even conditional on …

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Dynastic inequality compared : multigenerational mobility in the US, the UK, and Germany

Neidhöfer, Guido; Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2016

Using harmonized household survey data, we analyse long run social mobility in the US, the UK, and Germany and test recent theories of multigenerational persistence of socio-economic status. In this country comparison setting we find evidence against Gregory Clark's "universal law of social...

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Inequality from generation to generation : the United States in comparison

Corak, Miles - 2016

To understand the degree of intergenerational mobility in the United States, and the differences between Americans and others, it is important to appreciate the workings and interaction of three fundamental institutions: the family, the market, and the state. But comparisons can also be...

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