This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status across six new harmonized surveys from three Arab countries: Egypt (1998, 2006, 2012), Jordan (2010, 2016) and Tunisia (2014). We link individuals'...

The vast majority of existing studies gauging economic inequality rely on current household income or consumption expenditures. Since wealth is distributed more widely across households, and household wealth is related positively to income and consumption, overall inequality is likely to exceed...