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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2016/3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: 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
• Subject: inequality ; intergenerational mobility ; equality of opportunity ; human capital ; growth ; development ; public education ; Great Gatsby Curve ; Latin America

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Neidhöfer, Guido
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/129508
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET