intergenerational income mobility among Canadian men; and (2) estimate the income disadvantage (in adulthood) of being raised in a low … income household. We find that there is considerable intergenerational income mobility in Canada among middle income earners …, but that the inheritance of economic status is significant at both the very top and very bottom of the income distribution …

employer from the father, while the preservation of high income status is distinctly related to this tendency. These findings … stress that child adult outcomes are related to the structure of labour markets, and underscore the role of resources parents … children …

of age in a more polarized labor market, while the substantial rise in the income shares of the top 1 percent, their … access to sources of high-quality human capital investment for their children, and the intergenerational transmission of …

-employment income and the number of employers with which the father has had direct contact. It has an important influence in determining …