Fortunes of Birth: The Impact of Generation Size on the Relative Earnings of Young Men

John Ermisch

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1988, vol. 35, issue 3, 266-82

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of generation size on a young person's earnings relative to those of older workers in the United Kingdom. While it proves difficu lt to identify precisely the factors producing an upward trend in you ng men's relative earnings, there is strong evidence that young men f rom larger generations earn less. Thus, variation in the relative num ber of new labor force entrants has produced fluctuations in young me n's relative earnings around an upward trend. Copyright 1988 by Scottish Economic Society.

Date: 1988
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