 Decomposing Intergenerational Income Elasticity: The Gender-differentiated Contribution of Capital Transmission in Rural PhilippinesLeah E.M. Bevis and Christopher Barrett World Development, 2015, vol. 74, issue C, 233-252 Abstract: Using longitudinal data from rural Philippines, we decompose intergenerational income elasticity (IGE) into five distinct pathways: intergenerational transmissions of health, education, land, and spouse education capital, plus residual correlation in productivity. Intergenerational human capital transmissions from mothers are stronger than those from fathers; maternal education is the parental capital most strongly associated with IGE. While naïve IGE estimates are indistinguishable for sons and daughters, the pathways that generate these results differ strikingly. For sons, IGE is entirely explained by parent-to-child capital transmission. By contrast, strong income correlation exists between daughters and parents even after controlling for parent and child capital endowments. Keywords: Intergenerational income elasticity; Intergenerational income transmission; Intergenerational health transmission; Intergenerational education transmission; Land inheritance; Human capital formation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:74:y:2015:i:c:p:233-252 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.04.010 Access Statistics for this article World Development is currently edited by O. T. Coomes More articles in World Development from Elsevier |
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