Intergenerational Mobility: Trends Across the Earnings Distribution

Espen Bratberg (), Øivind Nilsen and Kjell Vaage

No 1517, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The analysis, based on register data for Norwegian cohorts born 1950, 1955, and 1960, shows that the intergenerational earnings mobility is high. Using quantile regression, mobility is found to be lower at the lower end of the earnings distribution than at the upper end. The findings also indicate that mobility increases over time and that the increase seems to be somewhat higher for lower earnings. Finally, we find that the increase in earnings mobility over time has been larger for women than for men.

Keywords: time trends; intergenerational mobility; quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2005-03
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Published - published in: Industrial Relations, 2007, 46 (1), 112-129

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