Intergenerational mobility in Australia
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Combining four surveys conducted over a forty year period, I calculate intergenerational earnings elasticities for Australia, using predicted earnings in parents' occupations as a proxy for actual parental earnings. In the most recent survey, the elasticity of sons' wages with respect to fathers' wages is around 0.2. Comparing this estimate with earlier surveys, I find little evidence that intergenerational mobility in Australia has significantly risen or fallen over time. Applying the same...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Leigh, Andrew | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-19T02:03:06Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-20T06:03:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-08-19T02:03:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-12-20T06:03:22Z | |
dc.identifier.citation | The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7.2 (2007): Article 6 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1935-1682 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10440/716 | |
dc.description.abstract | Combining four surveys conducted over a forty year period, I calculate intergenerational earnings elasticities for Australia, using predicted earnings in parents' occupations as a proxy for actual parental earnings. In the most recent survey, the elasticity of sons' wages with respect to fathers' wages is around 0.2. Comparing this estimate with earlier surveys, I find little evidence that intergenerational mobility in Australia has significantly risen or fallen over time. Applying the same methodology to United States data, I find that Australian society exhibits more intergenerational mobility than the United States. My method appears to slightly overstate the degree of intergenerational mobility; if the true intergenerational earnings elasticity in the United States is 0.4–0.6 (as recent studies have suggested), then the intergenerational earnings elasticity in Australia is probably around 0.2–0.3. | |
dc.format | 28 pages | |
dc.publisher | Walter de Gruyter | |
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dc.source | The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1781&context=bejeap | |
dc.subject | social mobility | |
dc.subject | imputed earnings | |
dc.subject | Australia | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.title | Intergenerational mobility in Australia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 7 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2007-12-13 | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-12-26 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 140211 | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u8410019xPUB57 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Leigh, Andrew, Research School of Social Sciences, Economics Program | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 26 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.2202/1935-1682.1781 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T03:47:14Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-38049155931 | |
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