Search Results - subject:"intergenerational mobility"

The evolution of US educational mobility over the 20th century and the role of public education

Bailey, Martha J.; Mohammed, A. R. Shariq; Mohnen, Paul - 2026

We construct two new large-scale datasets to measure relative and upward educational mobility by sex, race, class, and childhood county of residence for cohorts born in 1910-1919 and 1982-1997. We show that both relative and upward educational mobility rose over the 20th century, with...

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Dreams and small means : career aspirations of children in the Philippine 4Ps Program

Melad, Kris Ann M.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Diola, … - 2026

This study examines the career aspirations of economically disadvantaged Filipino children participating in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines' flagship conditional cash transfer program. Using data from 9,958 children aged 10 to 25 collected through the Fourth Wave...

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Gender and intergenerational mobility : unequal economic outcomes between siblings

Leites, Martín; Vilá, Joan - 2026

This paper examines the role of sibling sex composition as a potential explanation of the transmission of parental advantages to the next generation. The presence of a brother affects the family environment and parents' decisions, influencing the siblings' labour market outcomes in the long...

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Mapping mobility and opportunity : how place, gender, and ethnicity shape economic outcomes in Ecuador

Brunori, Paolo; Pozo, Diego del; Jara, H. Xavier; … - 2026

show substantial intergenerational mobility (rank-rank slope 0.22, elasticity 0.17). Formal employment substantially … mechanism for intergenerational mobility among formal sector workers, though the persistent ethnic disparities and spatial …

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Mothers, schools, and the making of American human capital mobility

Althoff, Lukas; Brookes Gray, Harriet; Reichardt, Hugo - 2026 - Original version: March 2025, this version: Januar 2026

How did the US become a land of opportunity? Previous historical research on intergenerational mobility has focused on … panel that includes women. We find that intergenerational mobility - in both human capital and income - rose sharply from … schooling expanded, this reliance declined and intergenerational mobility rose. Investments in mass education have therefore …

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The mechanisms of intergenerational status transmission in modern Scandinavia

Clark, Gregory; Hørlyk Kristensen, Martin - 2026

There is continued debate, with important social consequences, about how social status is transmitted between parents and children. In particular, how much does genetics as opposed to social causation matter? In an ingenious recent article, Collado et al. (2023), using an extended family lineage...

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Intergenerational mobility through the lens of the elderly : new estimates from India and a comparison with existing measures

Chaudhuri, Rajdeep; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sen, Kunal - 2026

The literature on intergenerational mobility for many countries in the world focus on household surveys that capture …

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The geography of intergenerational mobility in South Africa

Razak, Aarifah - 2026

This paper examines the geography of intergenerational income mobility in South Africa across districts and metropolitan municipalities as well as historically disadvantaged former-homelands. South Africa's high inequality has a geographical dimension (spatial inequality), shaped by a long...

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Housing capital and intergenerational mobility in the United States

Binder, Ariel J.; Risch, Max; Voorheis, John - 2026

Housing is the largest capital asset for most families. While the intergenerational mobility literature has extensively … features of intergenerational mobility by comparing housing capital and income in a new dataset covering 3.4 million U … of downward mobility. Third, local housing supply constraints shape spatial differences in the intergenerational mobility …

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Intergenerational education mobility trends in South Africa : patterns by population group

Branson, Nicola; Ressom, Hagos - 2026

South Africa's education system remains shaped by a legacy of colonialism and apartheid, with persistent racial disparities in attainment despite multiple post-1994 reforms. Using wave 5 of the National Income Dynamics Study, this paper examines intergenerational education mobility across...

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