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Transmission of Family Influence
Eshaghnia, Sadegh S. M.; Heckman, James J.; Landersø, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper studies intergenerational mobility--the transmission of family influence. We develop and estimate measures of lifetime resources motivated by economic theory that account for differences in life-cycle trajectories, and uncertainty about future income. We identify the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015094865
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Intergenerational Transmission of Family Influence
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies intergenerational mobility--the transmission of family influence. We develop and estimate measures of lifetime resources (income and wealth) motivated by economic theory that account for generational differences in life-cycle trajectories, uncertainty, and credit constraints....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388767
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Maximum Impact Intergenerational Associations
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper presents a new approach to measuring the intergenerational transmission of well-being and a novel perspective on which measures and what age ranges to use to estimate intergenerational social mobility. We select the measures and the age ranges that best predict important human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248011
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Civil Rights Protests and Election Outcomes : Exploring the Effects of the Poor People's Campaign
Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Karbownik, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The Poor People's Campaign (PPC) of 1968 was focused on highlighting, and ultimately reducing, poverty in the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447294
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Poverty and Health
Lleras-Muney, Adriana; Schwandt, Hannes; Wherry, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Poverty is strongly associated with worse health across countries and within countries across individuals. However, not … all poor individuals suffer from poor health: the effects of poverty on health vary across place and time. In this review …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056193
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Fighting Poverty One Family at a Time : Experimental Evidence from an Intervention with Holistic, Individualized, Wrap-Around Services
Evans, William N.; Kolka, Shawna; Sullivan, James X.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Families in poverty face numerous barriers to establishing stable economic footing. This paper examines the effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226189
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What Drives (Gaps in) Scientific Study Participation? Evidence from a COVID-19 Antibody Survey
Dutz, Deniz; Greenstone, Michael; Hortaçsu, Ali; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Underrepresentation of minority and poor households in scientific studies undermines policy decisions and public health. We study data from a serological study that randomized participation incentives. Participation is low (6% at $0, 17% at $100, 29% at $500) and unequal: minority and poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537774
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Trends in the Retirement Preparedness of Black and Hispanic Households in the US
Wolff, Edward N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
that both Black and Hispanic households made remarkable progress in terms of mean and median retirement income, poverty … projected poverty rate rising, and the projected replacement rate falling, though expected mean retirement income does rise …. Hispanics also experienced a setback in mean retirement income but continued progress in replacement rates and reducing poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337766
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Shaping Inequality and Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty : Free College or Better Schools
Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander; Popova, Irina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We evaluate the aggregate, distributional and welfare consequences of alternative government education policies to encourage college completion, such as making college free and improving funding for public schooling. To do so, we construct a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544745
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Inequality Within Countries is Falling : Underreporting-Robust Estimates of World Poverty, Inequality and the Global Distribution of Income
Pinkovskiy, Maxim; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
distribution has become particularly important in recent decades. We reconfirm the findings of the literature that global poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512057