Mapping mobility and opportunity: how place, gender, and ethnicity shape economic outcomes in Ecuador

Paolo Brunori, Diego del Pozo, H. Xavier Jara and Lorena Moreno

No wp-2026-30, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Integrating administrative data from the civil registry, social security, and national censuses, we provide novel evidence on intergenerational income mobility and equality of opportunity among 514,890 formal workers in Ecuador. Our results show substantial intergenerational mobility (rank-rank slope 0.22, elasticity 0.17). Formal employment substantially equalizes mobility: gender differences are minimal, and ethnic disparities are compressed, although ethnic minorities face barriers at the bottom.

Keywords: Intergenerational Mobility; Equality of opportunity; Labour income; Machine learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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