Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility

By Miles Corak. Social Science Research Network, 2006

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A cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility is offered, and the reasons for the degree to which the long run labour market success of children is related to that of their parents is examined. The rich countries differ significantly in the extent to which parental economic status is related to the labour market success of children in adulthood. The strength of these associations should not be interpreted as offering a target or menu for the conduct of policy. A framework for understanding the underlying causal process as well as the conception of equality of opportunity is reviewed as a guide for public policy.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Corporations and economic inequality around the world: The paradox of hierarchy☆ (2010, background): “Surveying the recent evidence for Europe and North America, Corak (2006) finds that half the children of poor parents in the US grow up to be poor adults, and 40% of the children of high-income parents grow up to be high-income adults, indicating relatively low levels of intergenerational mobility.”
The Inheritance of Educational Inequality: International Comparisons and Fifty-Year Trends (2008, background): “The fact that it is much lower than in the U.S. is noteworthy, given that the U.S. and the U.K. have similar values of income persistence, which are the highest observed among the rich nations (Corak, 2006; Jäntti, et al., 2006).”
Inequality and Trust: New Evidence from Panel Data (2016, neutral): “22 For data on intergenerational income elasticities, see Corak (2006), Mocetti (2007) and the special issue on intergenerational mobility edited by the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bejeap.2007.7.2/issue-files/bejeap.2007.7.issue-2.xml).”
Inequality of opportunity in the land of opportunities, 1968–2001 (2009, methodology): “(2004), Dardanoni et al. (2005), Checchi and Peragine (2005), Betts and Roemer (2006)).”
Intergenerational Mobility in the Very Long Run: Florence 1427–2011 (2020, background): “…on intergenerational elasticity and whether they are consistent with the different theories on multigenerational effects Indeed, as discussed in Corak (2006), the comparability is challenged by the existence of many speciﬁc empirical choices that might severely affect the estimates, such as…”
Deep and persistent disadvantage in Australia (2013, background): “Corak (2006), on reviewing the evidence on intergenerational transmission of disadvantage across a number of countries, concluded that:”
OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage: Mobility or Immobility across Generations? A Review of the Evidence for OECD Countries (2007, positive): “However, if income affects access to education – because of capital market constraints, as described previously, or because rich parents can choose to live in neighbourhoods with good schools – then ability to take advantage of the high returns to education will be limited to children of richer hous”