What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?

Gary Solon

No 10623, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Multigenerational mobility refers to the associations in socioeconomic status across three or more generations. This article begins by summarising the longstanding but recently growing empirical literature on multigenerational mobility. It then discusses multiple theoretical interpretations of the empirical patterns, including the one recently proposed in Gregory Clark's book The Son Also Rises.

Keywords: multigenerational; mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D31 D63 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2017-03
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