How important is cultural background for the level of intergenerational mobility?

Daniel Schnitzlein

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 114, issue 3, 335-337

Abstract: Based on brother correlations in permanent earnings for different groups of second generation immigrants, the findings in this paper indicate that cultural background is not a major determinant of the level of intergenerational economic mobility.

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Sibling correlations; Family background; Equality of opportunities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.007

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