Journal article
Two-sample nonparametric estimation of intergenerational income mobility in the United States and Sweden
The Canadian journal of economics, v 48(5), pp 1733-1761
01 Dec 2015
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Abstract
We estimate intergenerational income mobility in the US and Sweden, using a new nonparametric approach. The approach addresses several empirical issues raised in the literature and applies when other estimators are infeasible. We argue that previous estimates of income mobility conceal the heterogeneous nature of the transmission mechanism by keeping mobility constant across families. The striking differences we find between mobility patterns across family backgrounds, captured by father's education, lead us to question the conventional result that intergenerational transmission of earnings is weaker in Sweden than in the United States, for important parts of the population.
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- Title
- Two-sample nonparametric estimation of intergenerational income mobility in the United States and Sweden
- Creators
- Irina Murtazashvili - Drexel UniversityDi Liu - Department of Economics Concordia UniversityArtem Prokhorov - St Petersburg University
- Publication Details
- The Canadian journal of economics, v 48(5), pp 1733-1761
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 29
- Grant note
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000380140200005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84979083912
- Other Identifier
- 991019168016204721
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- Economics