Essays about: "Intergenerational Income Mobility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Intergenerational Income Mobility.

  1. 1. A Hard Pill to Swallow? Subsidized Contraceptives and Women's Intergenerational Mobility in a Difference-in-Differences Framework

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Matilda Fors; Lisa-Maria Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : intergenerational mobility; income persistence; contraceptives; fertility; natural experiment;

    Abstract : The theory and methods of intergenerational mobility attempt to explain the transmission of socioeconomic status between family members of different generations. In this thesis, we study the causal effect of access to contraceptives on the intergenerational mobility of women. READ MORE

  3. 2. Imprisoning People and Opportunities : Estimating the Impact of State-Level Jail Population on Social Mobility

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maja Melander; Ebba Berg Gorgén; [2021]
    Keywords : jail; incarceration; social mobility; social opportunities; intergenerational mobility; United States; fängelse; socialmobilitet; intergenerationell rörlighet;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the consequences of children's exposure to state-level incarceration rates on social mobility in the United States. The study uses social mobility data from the Opportunity Atlas for children born between 1978 and 1983. Jail population data is gathered from the 1985 and the 1995 Annual Survey of Jails. READ MORE

  4. 3. A cross-country analysis of the association between educational mobility and income inequality

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Ajsuna Ragipi Rushid; [2017]
    Keywords : Intergenerational mobility; Income inequality;

    Abstract : The main objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between intergenerational educational mobility and income inequality. Previous research suggests that this relationship is expected to be positive, i.e. high income inequality is associated with low intergenerational educational mobility. READ MORE

  5. 4. Parental Wealth & Social Mobility: The Impact of Wealth Inequality and the State on Intergenerational Income Mobility

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Joshua Sowah; [2016]
    Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Intergenerational Income Mobility; State Typology; Wealth-Income Ratio; Intergenerational Earnings Elasticity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Equality of opportunity is a notion rooted in many societies as a conception of importance. The idea that one’s life chances ought to be unrelated to the aspects of one’s background upon which one has no say, such as the material wealth of one’s parents, is generally one that is widely held. READ MORE

  6. 5. In what homes did Swedish CEOs grow up?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Odd Lyssarides; [2015]
    Keywords : social mobility; chief executive officers;

    Abstract : Sweden is often described as a country where intergenerational social mobility is high. It has also been found that social mobility decreases when we study the top of the income distribution. I study the occupational mobility for an elite group in society, namely the CEOs from large and prominent Swedish companies. READ MORE