The intergenerational mobility of liberal professions: Nepotism versus abilities

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2014-39

Klassifikation und Themen

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

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Aina, Carmen ; Nicoletti, Cheti
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (wo): Colchester
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/126461
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ