The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...

The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...

Die vom Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) und den Universitäten Neuchâtel und Freiburg herausgegebene neue Reihe Panorama Gesellschaft Schweiz ist eine gemeinsame Initiative der öffentlichen Statistik und der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung an den Hochschulen. Sie bezweckt, wichtige...