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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...

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Intergenerational mobility in developed and developing countries

Neidhöfer, Guido - 2017

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Intergenerational mobility, human capital accumulation, and growth in India

Weide, Roy van der; Vigh, Melinda - 2018

Productivity and socio-economic progress are inter-connected. Economic growth funds policies that promote socio-economic progress, while the latter serves as a growth engine. A society with high mobility is one where individual achievements are influenced less by the individual’s parents and...

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The geography of intergenerational mobility : evidence of educational persistence and the "Great Gatsby Curve" in Brazil

Leone, Tharcisio - 2019

mobility and income inequality. In this sense, this work presents empirical evidence for the existence of the "Great Gatsby … income inequality might lead to a lower investment in human capital among children from socially vulnerable households. The … primary education have a statistically significant reduction in their chance of completing the educational system if they live …

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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality : lessons from Latin America

Neidhöfer, Guido - 2018

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children’s economic well … experiencing higher income inequality in childhood is associated with lower intergenerational mobility measured in adulthood …. Following the same methodology, the influence of economic growth and public education is evaluated: both are positively …

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