Intergenerational mobility in Norway, 1865-2011

Jørgen Modalsli

Discussion Papers from Statistics Norway, Research Department

Abstract: There are large differences in intergenerational mobility between countries. However, little is known about how persistent such differences are, and how they evolve over time. This paper constructs a data set of 835,537 linked father-son pairs from census records and documents a substantial increase in intergenerational occupational mobility in Norway between 1865 and 2011. The increase is most pronounced in nonfarm occupations. The findings show that long-run mobility developments previously described for the US and UK are not necessarily representative for other countries, and that high mobility in a given country today need not reflect high mobility before industrialization.

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Occupations; Mobility measurement; Economic history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 N33 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-02
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