persistence, it is an important characteristic of mortality dynamics. However, prior researchers did not consider potential change … in the persistence degree and assumed it is constant. This article for the first time considers change in the persistence … change in persistence in mortality time series for the first time. Our approach considers changes both in persistence and …

flexible two-stage residual inclusion approach. We find that there is a strong intergenerational persistence of education …

poverty by 4.2 pp. As channels of persistence, I show that concertaje historically led to lower education levels, reduced …

persistence and decline. It also examines cultural transmission, institutional entrenchment, networks, and religious competition …