between the income of parents and that of their children. To understand the implications of polarization on economic mobility … of parental bequests and future wages. The main predictions from the model encompass limited upward mobility for children … lower upward mobility for children from low-income parents, higher intergenerational elasticity for children whose parents …

of income processes: children from more affluent families tend to experience faster income growth, even conditional on …

persistence is even higher in the top 5%. Children born to parents in the first income quintile face a 46% chance of remaining at … the bottom when adults. We validate these estimates using two novel mobility measures that rank children and parents … characteristics - notably gender and race - and across Brazilian regions. Leveraging children who migrate at different ages, we …

persistence is even higher in the top 5%. Children born to parents in the first income quintile face a 46% chance of remaining at … the bottom when adults. We validate these estimates using two novel mobility measures that rank children and parents … characteristics - notably gender and race - and across Brazilian regions. Leveraging children who migrate at different ages, we …

average, secondary school completion rates decrease by 12 percentage points overall and by 16 points for children with low …. disadvantaged children, earnings inequality could increase between one and four Gini points, depending on the assumptions. …

persistence is even higher in the top 5%. Children born to parents in the first income quintile face a 46% chance of remaining at … the bottom when adults. We validate these estimates using two novel mobility measures that rank children and parents … characteristics - notably gender and race - and across Brazilian regions. Leveraging children who migrate at different ages, we …

persistence is even higher in the top 5%. Children born to parents in the first income quintile face a 46% chance of remaining at … the bottom when adults. We validate these estimates using two novel mobility measures that rank children and parents … characteristics - notably gender and race - and across Brazilian regions. Leveraging children who migrate at different ages, we …

persistence is even higher in the top 5%. Children born to parents in the first income quintile face a 46% chance of remaining at … the bottom when adults. We validate these estimates using two novel mobility measures that rank children and parents … characteristics notably gender and race and across Brazilian regions. Leveraging children who migrate at different ages, we estimate …