Intergenerational Income Mobility in Sweden: A look at the spatial disparities across cities

Alessandra Michelangeli, John Östh () and Umut Türk

No 443, Working Papers from University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of intergenerational income mobility in Sweden. Intergenerational income mobility is considered in both relative and absolute terms, and the analysis is carried out at the individual and municipality-level. We use multilevel models to explore the correlation between upward mobility and social, economic and demographic characteristics of cities. The analyses is carried out on three subpopulations: offspring who live in a different municipality than their parents (mobile population); offspring who live in the municipality where they grew up (immobile population); offspring belonging to visible minority groups. Our results confirm those of previous studies showing a relatively high intergenerational mobility in Sweden compared to other European and North American countries. Substantial differences are observed across municipalities meaning that the particular combination of municipality attributes contributes to shaping the chance of status attainment among young generations. Highly mobile municipalities have more significant human capital, more residential segregation by income, more income inequality, and greater accessibility to jobs.

Keywords: Intergenerational social mobility; multilevel models; cities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J62 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2020-05, Revised 2020-05
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