IZA Discussion Papers | IZA@LISER Network

published in: Hamermesh, D.S. and Polachek, S.W. (eds.), Time Use in Economics (Research in Labor Economics, 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 2023, 89-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15341

Who Benefits from Meritocracy?

Diana B. Moreira, Santiago Perez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15244

Do Gender, Child, and Parent Characteristics Contribute to Intergenerational Subjective Well-Being Mobility? Evidence from Russia during 1994-2019

Hai-Anh H Dang, Kseniya Abanokova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15243

Enhanced Intergenerational Occupational Mobility through Trade Expansion: Evidence from Vietnam

Devashish Mitra, Hoang Pham, Beyza Ural Marchand

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15230

Partially Linear Models under Data Combination

Xavier D'Haultfoeuille, Christophe Gaillac, Arnaud Maurel

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2025, 92(1), 238-267

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15149

Multidimensional Equality of Opportunity in the United States

Paul Hufe, Martyna Kobus, Andreas Peichl, Paul Schüle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15073

Opportunity and Inequality across Generations

Winfried Koeniger, Carlo Zanella

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 208, 104623

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14854

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes

Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf Van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, Simon Wiederhold

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14784

The Correlation of Wealth between Parents and Children in Australia

Peter Siminski, Sin Hung Yu

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2022, 55 (2), 195 - 214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14708

On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children

Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen

published online in: Review of Economic Studies, 05 December 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14575

The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Promoting the Skills and Social Mobility of Disadvantaged African Americans

Jorge Luis García, James J. Heckman, Victor Ronda

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 131 (6), 1477 - 1506

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14417

Are We Richer Than Our Parents Were? Absolute Income Mobility in Australia

Tomas Kennedy, Peter Siminski

published in: Economic Record, 2022, 98 (320), 22-41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13811

Who Married, (to) Whom, and Where? Trends in Marriage in the United States, 1850-1940

Claudia Olivetti, M. Daniele Paserman, Laura Salisbury, E. Anna Weber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13659

The Long-Term Consequences of a Golden Nest

Viola Angelini, Marco Bertoni, Guglielmo Weber

published in: Demography, 2022, 59 (3), 857-875

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13617

The One-Child Policy Amplifies Economic Inequality across Generations in China

Yewen Yu, Yi Fan, Junjian Yi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13456

Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe

Robert Manduca, Maximilian Hell, Adrian Adermon, Jo Blanden, Espen Bratberg, Anne C. Gielen, Hans van Kippersluis, Keun Bok Lee, Stephen Machin, Martin D. Munk, Martin Nybom, Yuri Ostrovsky, Sumaiya Rahman, Outi Sirniö

published as 'Measuring Absolute Income Mobility: Lessons from North America and Europe' in: American Economic Journal - Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (2), 1 - 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13437

Spatial and Social Mobility in England and Wales: Moving Out to Move On?

Franz Buscha, Emma Gorman, Patrick Sturgis

published as 'Spatial and social mobility in England and Wales: a sub-national analysis of differences and trends over time' in: British Journal of Sociology, 2021, 72 (5), 1378 - 1393

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13050

Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Latin American Economies: An Empirical Approach

Ömer Tuğsal Doruk, Francesco Pastore, Hasan Bilgehan Yavuz

published in: Economic Systems, 2024, 48 (1), 101154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12694

Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data

Fiona Carmichael, Christian Darko, Marco G Ercolani, Ceren Ozgen, W. Stanley Siebert

published in: Economics Letters, 2020, 189, 108996

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12519

Climbing up Ladders and Sliding down Snakes: An Empirical Assessment of the Effect of Social Mobility on Subjective Wellbeing

Paul Dolan, Grace Lordan

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19, 1023–1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12312

Intergenerational Mobility: An Assessment for Latin American Countries

Hasan Bilgehan Yavuz, Francesco Pastore, Ömer Tuğsal Doruk

published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2022, 60 (1), 141-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12300

Dynastic Human Capital, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility

Adrian Adermon, Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme

published in: American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (5), 1523-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12273

'And Yet, It Moves': Intergenerational Mobility in Italy

Paolo Acciari, Alberto Polo, Giovanni L. Violante

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (3), 118 - 163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12201

The Intergenerational Transmission of Teaching

Alberto Jacinto, Seth Gershenson

published in: American Educational Research Journal, 2021, 58 (3), 635-672.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11753

Trends in Assortative Mating and Offspring Outcomes

Bernt Bratsberg, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (651), 928 - 950

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11658

Field of Study and Family Outcomes

Elisabeth Artmann, Nadine Ketel, Hessel Oosterbeek, Bas van der Klaauw

published as 'Field of study and partner choice' in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 84, 102149

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11561

Are Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility Biased by Non-Response? Evidence from the Netherlands

Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Stefa Hirsch

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2019, 52 (1), 29-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11406

Intergenerational Earnings Persistence and Economic Inequality in the Long-Run: Evidence from French Cohorts, 1931-1975

Arnaud Lefranc

published in: Economica, 2018, 85 (340), 808 - 845

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11164

Intergenerational Education Mobility and the Level of Development: Evidence from Turkey

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Hakki Yazici

published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 116, 160-185

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. 11020

Direct Measures of Intergenerational Income Mobility for Australia

Chelsea Murray, Robert Clark, Silvia Mendolia, Peter Siminski

published in: Economic Record, 2018, 94 (307), 445-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10664

Egalitarianism under Pressure: Toward Lower Economic Mobility in the Knowledge Economy?

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Economic Mobility under Pressure' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (4), 1844–1885,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10286

Inequalities in Educational Outcomes: How Important Is the Family?

Julia Bredtmann, Nina Smith

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (6), 1117-1144

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. 10047

Intergenerational Mobility in Income and Economic Status in Ethiopia

Getinet Astatike Haile

published as 'Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-economic Status in Ethiopia' in: Journal of International Development, 2018, 30 (8), 1392 - 1413

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9929

Inequality from Generation to Generation: The United States in Comparison

Miles Corak

published in: Robert Rycroft (editor). The Economics of Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination in the 21st Century. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9918

Cognitive Skills, Non-Cognitive Skills, and Family Background: Evidence from Sibling Correlations

Silke Anger, Daniel D. Schnitzlein

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (2), 591-620

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9917

Does Family Background Affect Earnings through Education? A Generalised Approach to Mediation Analysis

Silvia Mendolia, Peter Siminski

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 59, 1-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9752

The Evolution of Social Mobility: Norway over the 20th Century

Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes, Matti Sarvimäki

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(1): 5–33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9728

Intergenerational Persistence of Health in the U.S.: Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Assimilate?

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Adriana Kugler

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Persistence of Health: Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Remain in the U.S. for More Generations?' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 136-148.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9590

Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Turkey

Aysit Tansel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9479

Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing of Parental Income

Pedro Carneiro, Italo Lopez Garcia, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129 (3), 757 - 788

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9394

New Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility in Australia

Silvia Mendolia, Peter Siminski

published in: Economic Record, 2016, 92 (298), 361-373.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9227