Intergenerational mobility of economic well-being in Latin America

Guido Neidhöfer (), Leonardo Gasparini and Matías Ciaschi
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Guido Neidhöfer: ZEW Mannheim
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No 620, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: We estimate, for the first time, long-run trends in intergenerational economic mobility for a multitude of countries in Latin America going beyond parent-child correlations in educational attainment. We use several indicators of well-being, such as the socio-economic situation of individuals, job stability, homeownership and assets. Unlike estimates based on education, which mostly show increasing social mobility trends, we find that opportunities to achieve a certain level of economic well-being and climb up the social ladder are rather unequally distributed and have not changed much over time in Latin America.

Keywords: Inequality; Intergenerational Mobility; Equality of Opportunity; Well-being; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I24 J62 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
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Working Paper: Intergenerational mobility of economic well-being in Latin America (2023)
Working Paper: Intergenerational Mobility of Economic Well-being in Latin America (2022)
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