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This paper estimates intergenerational elasticities across three generations in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We extend the methodology in Olivetti and Paserman (2015) to explore the role of maternal and paternal grandfathers for the transmission of economic status...
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For the first time, a genealogical mass database is used to determine multigenerational socio-economic mobility of up to eight contiguous generations. The example of Germany (1600-1900) shows that in an AR(1) model, higher multigenerational stability of socio-economic status is measured the more...
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sources: first, the inheritance of innate abilities and social network of family from parents by children; and second, capital … intergenerational linkages are important in Ghana; specifically, the results show a positive significant influence of parents … occupations such as services and sales. The findings highlight the fact that children of parents employed in high-paying and …
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We study the role played by the standard of living during childhood on nest leaving. Using data from SHARE, we show empirically that individuals who grew up in a golden nest leave the parental home later and that education only partially mediates this effect. This relationship holds across...
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