The Inheritance of Educational Inequality: International Comparisons and Fifty-Year Trends

Tom Hertz, Tamara Jayasundera, Patrizio Piraino, Sibel Selcuk, Nicole Smith and Alina Verashchagina
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Tom Hertz: American University
Tamara Jayasundera: American University
Patrizio Piraino: University of Siena
Sibel Selcuk: American University
Nicole Smith: American University
Alina Verashchagina: University of Siena

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, vol. 7, issue 2

Abstract: This paper estimates 50-year trends in the intergenerational persistence of educational attainment for a sample of 42 nations around the globe. Large regional differences in educational persistence are documented, with Latin America displaying the highest intergenerational correlations, and the Nordic countries the lowest. We also demonstrate that the global average correlation between parent and child's schooling has held steady at about 0.4 for the past fifty years.

Keywords: intergenerational mobility; educational persistence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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