The intergenerational mobility of liberal professions: Nepotism versus abilities

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By using university administrative and survey data on Italian graduates, we analyze the transmission of liberal professions from fathers to children. We assess the effect of nepotism and family networking, separately from other transmission channels, on the probability of choosing a degree that gives access to liberal professions, of obtaining a licensing and of starting a liberal profession. The results suggest that the effect of nepotism and networking is irrelevant on the degree choice, modest on the success rate at the licensing exam, but large and significant on the probability to start a liberal profession.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2014-39

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: professional licensing ; liberal profession ; intergenerational mobility ; nepotism

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Aina, Carmen ; Nicoletti, Cheti
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (where): Colchester
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/126461
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