Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality: Lessons from Latin America

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Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well-being; i.e. low intergenerational mobility. This study is the first to test this relationship in a between and within country setup, using harmonized micro data from 18 Latin American countries spanning multiple cohorts. It is shown that experiencing higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of economic growth and public education is evaluated: both have a positive, significant, and substantial effect on intergenerational mobility.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Documento de Trabajo ; No. 196

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Education and Inequality ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Thema: Inequality ; Intergenerational Mobility ; Equality of Opportunity ; Human Capital ; Growth ; Development ; Public Education ; Great Gatsby Curve ; Latin America

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Neidhöfer, Guido
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
• (wo): La Plata
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/157946
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ