Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales

Brian Bell, Jack Blundell and Stephen Machin

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Abstract: We present a new analysis of intergenerational mobility across three cohorts in England and Wales using linked decennial census microdata, focusing on occupation, homeownership, and education. Four main results emerge. First, area-level differences in upward occupational mobility are highly persistent over time. Second, measures of absolute and relative mobility tend to be spatially positively correlated. Third, there is a robust relationship between upward educational and upward occupational mobility. Last, there is a small negative relationship between upward homeownership mobility and upward occupational mobility, revealing that social mobility comparisons based on different outcomes can have different trends.

Keywords: Intergenerational; mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 R23 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2023-01-01
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Published in Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1, January, 2023, 125(1), pp. 73-106. ISSN: 0347-0520

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Journal Article: Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales (2023)
Working Paper: Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales (2018)
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