Intergenerational Income Mobility around the World: A New Database

Ercio Muñoz Saavedra and Roy Van der Weide

No 11166, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper introduces a new global database with estimates of intergenerational income mobility for 87 countries, covering 84 percent of the world’s population. This marks a notable expansion of the cross-country evidence base on income mobility, particularly among low- and middle-income countries. The estimates indicate that the negative association between income mobility and inequality (known as the Great Gatsby Curve) continues to hold across this wider range of countries. The database also reveals a positive association between income mobility and national income per capita, suggesting that countries achieve higher levels of intergenerational mobility as they grow richer.

Date: 2025-07-07
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