Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data

Fiona Carmichael (), Christian Darko (), Marco Ercolani, Ceren Ozgen and William Siebert ()
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Fiona Carmichael: University of Birmingham
Christian Darko: University of Birmingham

No 12694, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We estimate the intergenerational elasticity (IGE) of income for the Netherlands using complete population data for around 177,000 28-year olds. We find that IGEs are much lower when actual individual income data are used rather than proxies or aggregates for income. Though low, daughters' IGEs are higher than sons' indicating lower income mobility for women.

Keywords: Great Gatsby curve; equality of opportunity; income; intergenerational mobility; intergenerational elasticity; Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J61 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2019-10
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2020, 189, 108996

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