Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24708 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 08-014
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2006. Our preferred point estimate indicates that about 1/3 of the earnings differential in the labor market has been passed on from the generation of fathers to their sons.
Subjects: 
Intergenerational Mobility
Lifecycle
Permanent Earnings
Wages
JEL: 
J62
J31
J21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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