Intergenerational earnings mobility in Japan among sons and daughters: levels and trends

Arnaud Lefranc, Fumiaki Ojima and Takashi Yoshida

Journal of Population Economics, 2014, vol. 27, issue 1, 134 pages

Abstract: This paper estimates the extent of intergenerational income mobility in Japan among sons and daughters born between 1935 and 1975. Our estimates rely on a two-sample instrumental variables approach using representative data from the Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility surveys, collected between 1965 and 2005. Father’s income is predicted on the basis of a rich set of variables, and we discuss changes in the Japanese earnings structure for cohorts born between the early 1900s and the 1960s. Our main results indicate that the intergenerational income elasticity (IGE) for both sons and daughters in Japan lies around 0.35, which is an intermediate value, by international standards. We discuss the sensitivity of the IGE to using either personal or family income as the income variable for both fathers and children. We also examine changes across cohorts in the IGE. Results indicate that intergenerational mobility has been roughly stable over the last decades. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Income inequality; Japan; Assortative mating; Education; D1; D3; J3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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