Intergenerational Mobility under Private vs. Public EducationJames Byron Davies (), Jie Zhang () and Jinli Zeng () Departmental Working Papers from National University of Singapore, Department of Economics Abstract: This paper analyzes intergenerational earnings mobility in a model where human capital is produced using schooling and parental time. In steady -states more mobile societies have less inequality, but in the short-run higher mobility may result from an increase in inequality. Starting from the same inequality, mobility is higher under public than under private education. A rise in income shocks, for example due to increased returns to ability, or a switch from public to private schooling both increase inequality. However, increased shocks raise mobility in the short-run and do not affect it in the long-run, whereas an increased role for private schooling reduces mobility in both the short- and long-run. That these differences may help to identify the source of changes in inequality, and other real-world implications, are illustrated in a brief discussion of time trends and cross-country differences. Keywords: Mobility; Inequality; Education regimes (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nus:nusewp:wp0313 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Departmental Working Papers from National University of Singapore, Department of Economics |
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