Arbeitspapier
He's a Chip Off the Old Block - The Persistence of Occupational Choices Across Generations
The purpose of this paper is to assess intergenerational occupational mobility in Germany. Using data from the Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), we find a high persistence of occupational choices across fathers and children. To separate effects related to parental advice and influence (nurture) from genetic factors (nature), we determine the persistence separately for children who grew up with their biological fathers and those who did not. The results suggest that nurture-related effects explain a significant fraction of the observed correlation of fathers' and children's occupational choices. We discuss policy implications that follow from the analysis.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4428
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- Thema
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occupational choice
German SOEP
parental educational investment
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Knoll, Bodo
Riedel, Nadine
Schlenker, Eva
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
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2013
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
- 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Knoll, Bodo
- Riedel, Nadine
- Schlenker, Eva
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2013
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