Intergenerational Mobility around the World [PDF]
Using individual data from over 400 surveys, this paper compiles a global database of intergenerational mobility in education for 153 countries covering 97 percent of the world’s population. For 87 percent of the world’s population, it provides trends in intergenerational mobility for individuals born between 1950 to 1989.
van der Weide, Roy +4 more
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Intergenerational Health Mobility in the Us [PDF]
Studies of intergenerational mobility have largely ignored health despite the central importance of health to welfare. We present the first estimates of intergenerational health mobility in the US by using repeated measures of self-reported health status (SRH) during adulthood from the PSID.
Halliday, Timothy +2 more
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This paper makes use of the Markov Switching model and the K-Means Cluster analysis to estimate the transition probabilities of social mobility and to analyze the impact of social inequalities on intergenerational social mobility. The dataset is a sample
John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba +2 more
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The Impact of Embodied Cultural Capital (Subjective) on Intergeneration Social Mobility (Case Study: 30-54 Year-Old Citizens in Gorgan) [PDF]
The purpose of this paper was intended to study the impact embodied cultural capital and intergenerational mobility of individuals in the city of Gorgan. The research method used in this study is suevey.
zahra ghafary
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Intergenerational social mobility and body mass index trajectories – A follow-up study from Finland
Evidence remains unclear on how intergenerational social mobility is associated with body mass index (BMI) and its long-term changes. Our study identified BMI trajectories from middle to older age by intergenerational social mobility groups and ...
J. Salmela +5 more
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The effect of intergenerational mobility on family education investment: evidence from China
The discussion of inequality has been an enduring topic in sociology and economics. With the intensification of inequality, an increasing amount of research has begun to focus on the impact of inequality on various aspects of the economy and society ...
Nan Zhao +3 more
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Sociological Analysis of Intergenerational and Intragenerational Social Mobility and Its Related Factors in Yasouj City [PDF]
Background and Aim: Social mobility, which refers to the movement of people across different social positions, is a controversial topic. This research aims to examine both intergenerational and intragenerational social mobility in Yasouj. Data and Method:
Siroos Ahmadi +2 more
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Intergenerational educational mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Research on social mobility in developing countries has been hampered by the coresidency criterion applied to most surveys. However, a recent study showed that for educational mobility, the intergenerational correlation (IGC) suffers from significantly ...
Seife Dendir
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How Much Scope for a Mobility Paradox? The Relationship between Social and Income Mobility in Sweden
It is often pointed out that conclusions about intergenerational (parent–child) mobility can differ depending on whether we base them on studies of class or income.
Richard Breen +2 more
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Inequality of Opportunity and Aggregate Economic Performance
Economists have developed an extensive literature examining the relationships between inequality of outcomes and growth, but few research papers have investigated the relationship between inequality of opportunity and growth.
Katharine Bradbury, Robert K. Triest
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