Quelle est l’influence du milieu familial d’origine sur le revenu des jeunes adultes ?

Michaël Sicsic

Revue économique, 2024, vol. 75, issue 2, 217-229

Abstract: In this article, we explore the role of family context in shaping individual?s incomes using two complementary methods. First, I show that while parents? incomes are the main observable determinant of children?s incomes (especially more so than parents? education or profession), only a small part (just under 10%) of the variability of young adult?s (around age 28) income ranks is explained by observable parental factors. Using sibling similarities in income, I then estimate that 25-30% of the variation in a children?s income is related to the omnibus influence of their family background. Unobservable variables such as family education or genetic endowments would thus have a stronger influence than observable variables of parents.

Keywords: family background; income; siblings; intergenerational mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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