What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?

Gary Solon

No 21053, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: “Multigenerational mobility” refers to the associations in socioeconomic status across three or more generations. This article begins by summarizing the longstanding but recently growing empirical literature on multigenerational mobility. It then discusses multiple theoretical interpretations of the empirical patterns, including the one recently proposed in Gregory Clark’s book The Son Also Rises.

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Date: 2015-03
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Published as Gary Solon, 2018. "What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?," The Economic Journal, vol 128(612), pages F340-F352.

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