scholarly journals The Intergenerational Mobility of Income: A Study Applied to the Spanish Case (2005–2011)

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Sánchez Martín ◽  
Carmelo García-Perez
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Income Mobility ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Economic Cycle ◽  
Proxy Variables ◽  
Intergenerational Income Mobility

AbstractIntergenerational income mobility has attracted the interest of many economists for—among other reasons—its role as a mechanism for reducing inequalities and achieving equal opportunities. In this paper, we analyse the intergenerational mobility of income in Spain in the years 2005 and 2011, located at different phases of the economic cycle. We use proxy variables (the economic situation of the household during the adolescence of the informant and the educational level achieved by parents) to study intergenerational income mobility, because there are not extant surveys with income information from parents and their descendants when they are part of a different household. With these variables, we try to verify the existence and degree of mobility by analysing different methodologies. The results suggest the existence of mobility in the two studied years, although a trend towards a reduction in intergenerational mobility is confirmed, already detected by other authors.

scholarly journals OCCUPATIONAL AND INCOME INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY IN BRAZIL BETWEEN THE 1990s AND 2000s

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Antonio Costa Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Social Mobility ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Income Mobility ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Intergenerational Income Mobility ◽  
Status Mobility ◽  
Sociological Approaches

Abstract This article presents the historical trends in intergenerational income mobility in Brazil between the 1990s and 2000s, based on an analysis of two age cohorts. The findings indicate a significant increase in social mobility. A second objective is to compare economic and sociological approaches to intergenerational mobility, utilizing trends in income mobility and occupational status mobility for this purpose. While the former rose substantially, the latter increased much more modestly. Finally, the article analyses the relation between intergenerational mobility in education and the other two types of mobility. Breaking down income and occupational mobilities into those factors that directly link parents to children (pure inheritance) and other factors mediated by education (mediated inheritance) reveals significantly different results for income and occupation.

Equalization or Selection? Reassessing the “Meritocratic Power” of a College Degree in Intergenerational Income Mobility

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
Income Mobility ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
College Degree ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
Intergenerational Income Mobility

Intergenerational mobility is higher among college graduates than among people with lower levels of education. In light of this finding, researchers have characterized a college degree as a great equalizer leveling the playing field, and proposed that expanding higher education would promote mobility. This line of reasoning rests on the implicit assumption that the relatively high mobility observed among college graduates reflects a causal effect of college completion on intergenerational mobility, an assumption that has rarely been rigorously evaluated. This article bridges this gap. Using a novel reweighting technique, I estimate the degree of intergenerational income mobility among college graduates purged of selection processes that may drive up observed mobility in this subpopulation. Analyzing data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, I find that once selection processes are adjusted for, intergenerational income mobility among college graduates is very close to that among non-graduates. This finding suggests that expanding the pool of college graduates per se is unlikely to boost intergenerational income mobility in the United States. To promote mobility, public investments in higher education (e.g., federal and state student aid programs) should be targeted at low-income youth.

The Canadian Geography of Intergenerational Income Mobility

2019 ◽  
Vol 130 (631) ◽  
pp. 2134-2174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Corak
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Income Mobility ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Census Division ◽  
Intergenerational Income Mobility ◽  
Different Dimensions

Abstract Intergenerational income mobility varies significantly across Canada, with the 266 Census Divisions in the 1986 Census clustering into five non-contiguous regions. Nine complementary indicators are calculated for each Census Division using administrative data on a cohort of men and women born between 1963 and 1970. Collectively these indicators underscore the importance of simultaneously examining different dimensions of intergenerational mobility and also show that higher mobility is most strongly associated with less income inequality in the bottom half of the income distribution.

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