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Assessing Intergenerational Earnings Persistence among German Workers

Philipp Eisenhauer and Friedhelm Pfeiffer

No 134, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates an intergenerational earnings elasticity of 1/3 .

Keywords: Intergenerational Mobility; Lifecycle; Permanent Earnings; Wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J32 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 + Anh. p.
Date: 2008
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