The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital and Earnings in Contemporary Russia

Gleb V. Borisov () and Christopher Pissarides
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Gleb V. Borisov: St. Petersburg State University

No 10300, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We make use of longitudinal data for the Russian economy over 1994-2013 to obtain earnings and education information about parents and children. We estimate the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment and earning capacity and find high intergenerational correlation of earnings for both sons and daughters independently of educational qualifications. We attribute them to the impact of informal networks. We also find high correlation of educational qualifications but with critical variations due to labour market conditions. At the time of transition around 1990 children's educational attainment fell well below parents but recovered a decade later when the economy was booming.

Keywords: human capital; intergenerational education mobility; intergenerational earnings elasticity; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J23 J24 J62 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2016-10
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