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Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …
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The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among … observed and are associated with income inequality, poverty, economic growth, public educational expenditures and assortative …
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Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … experiencing higher income inequality in childhood is associated with lower intergenerational mobility measured in adulthood …
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incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of mobility by assuming both a social aversion to inequality in permanent … and on the inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada's tax system limits … income equalizing effect of taxes can reach up to 23 percent of mean income at the higher values of inequality aversion that …
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Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents´ and children´s economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441761
We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP theory can be …
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We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP theory can be …
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rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On …. disadvantaged children, earnings inequality could increase between one and four Gini points, depending on the assumptions. …
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The shock on human capital caused by COVID-19 is likely to have long lasting consequences, especially for children of low-educated families. Applying a counterfactual exercise we project the effects of school closures and other lockdown policies on the intergenerational persistence of education...
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We estimate, for the first time, long-run trends in intergenerational economic mobility for a multitude of countries in Latin America going beyond parent-child correlations in educational attainment. We use several indicators of well-being, such as the socio-economic situation of individuals,...
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