How important is cultural background for the level of intergenerational mobility?

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Daniel D. Schnitzlein

In: Economics Letters 114 (2012), 3, 335-337

Abstract

Based on brother correlations in permanent earnings for different groups of second generation immigrants, the findings in this paper indicate that cultural background is not a major determinant of the level of intergenerational economic mobility.

Themen: Migration



Keywords: Intergenerational mobility, Sibling correlations, Family background, Equality of opportunities
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.007

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