Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales

Brian Bell, Jack Blundell and Stephen Machin

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2023, vol. 125, issue 1, 73-106

Abstract: We present a new analysis of intergenerational mobility across three cohorts in England and Wales using linked decennial census microdata, focusing on occupation, homeownership, and education. Four main results emerge. First, area‐level differences in upward occupational mobility are highly persistent over time. Second, measures of absolute and relative mobility tend to be spatially positively correlated. Third, there is a robust relationship between upward educational and upward occupational mobility. Last, there is a small negative relationship between upward homeownership mobility and upward occupational mobility, revealing that social mobility comparisons based on different outcomes can have different trends.

Date: 2023
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Working Paper: Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales (2023)
Working Paper: Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales (2018)
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