IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11123

Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts

Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Tiit Tammaru, Maarten van Ham, Lina Hedman, David Manley

published in: Urban Studies, 2020, 57 (1), 176 - 197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11021

Immobile Australia: Surnames Show Strong Status Persistence, 1870 - 2017

Gregory Clark, Andrew Leigh, Mike Pottenger

published as 'Frontiers of mobility: Was Australia 1870 - 2017 a more socially mobile society than England?' in: Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 76 (C), 101327

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11005

'Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil,' or Maybe Not? Two Stories about Inequality and Public Policy

Miles Corak

published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2016, 42 (4), 367-414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10693

The City as a Self-Help Book: The Psychology of Urban Promises

Rodrigo V. Cardoso, Evert J. Meijers, Maarten van Ham, Martijn J. Burger, Duco de Vos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10277

Spatial Segregation and Socio-Economic Mobility in European Cities

Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru, Elise de Vuijst, Merle Zwiers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10000

The Scandinavian Fantasy: The Sources of Intergenerational Mobility in Denmark and the U.S.

Rasmus Landersø, James J. Heckman

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119 (1), 178 - 230

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8380

Social Mobility and the Importance of Networks: Evidence for Britain

Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez, John Micklewright, Anna Vignoles

published in: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2015, 6 (2), 190-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7476

Parental Investment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences and Attitudes

Maria Zumbühl, Thomas Dohmen, Gerard A. Pfann

published as 'Parental Involvement and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences, Attitudes, and Personality Traits' in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2642–2670

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7415

Intergenerational Long Term Effects of Preschool: Structural Estimates from a Discrete Dynamic Programming Model

James J. Heckman, Lakshmi K. Raut

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2016, 191 (1), 164 - 175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7259

Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt

Christine Binzel, Jean-Paul Carvalho

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (607), 2553 - 2580

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7155

Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons

Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Vito Peragine

published in: Eva Paus (ed.), Getting Development Right, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013