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Do birth order and family size matter for intergenerational income mobility?
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Abstract Previous studies of intergenerational income mobility have not considered potential birth- order or family-size effects in the estimated income elasticity. This paper uses a large sample of individuals born between 1962 and 1964; income elasticities with respect to parents’ incomes are estimated for... view more
Previous studies of intergenerational income mobility have not considered potential birth- order or family-size effects in the estimated income elasticity. This paper uses a large sample of individuals born between 1962 and 1964; income elasticities with respect to parents’ incomes are estimated for individuals with different birth-order positions and family sizes. Results based on labor income and total income for sons and daughters are reported separately. The elasticity tends to decrease with family size as well as with birth order for a given family size, especially in the labor-income analysis of fathers and sons.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 2239-2257
Journal
Applied Economics, 40 (2008) 17
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840600949421
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)