Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data

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We estimate the intergenerational elasticity (IGE) of income for the Netherlands using complete population data for around 177,000 28-year olds. We find that IGEs are much lower when actual individual income data are used rather than proxies or aggregates for income. Though low, daughters' IGEs are higher than sons' indicating lower income mobility for women.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12694

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
• Subject: intergenerational elasticity ; intergenerational mobility ; income ; equality of opportunity ; Great Gatsby curve ; Netherlands

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Carmichael, Fiona ; Darko, Christian ; Ercolani, Marco G ; Ozgen, Ceren ; Siebert, W. Stanley
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/207518
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET