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Applied Economics

ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)

The Long-Run Evolution of Absolute Intergenerational Mobility

  • Yonatan Berman
蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 14, no. 3, July 2022
(pp. 61–83)
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Abstract

This paper combines cross-sectional and longitudinal income data to present the evolution of absolute intergenerational income mobility in ten advanced economies in the twentieth century. Absolute mobility decreased during the second half of the twentieth century in all of these countries. Increasing income inequality and decreasing growth rates have both contributed to the decrease, yet growth is the dominant contributor in most countries. We show that detailed panel data are effectively unnecessary for estimating absolute mobility over the long run.

Citation

Berman, Yonatan. 2022. "The Long-Run Evolution of Absolute Intergenerational Mobility." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics 14 (3): 61–83. DOI: 10.1257/app.20200631

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JEL Classification

  • D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
  • J62 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
  • N30 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative