Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265043 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Development Economics [ISSN:] 1467-9361 [Volume:] 26 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1227-1251
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
This paper explores the variation in intergenerational educational mobility across the Brazilian states based on univariate econometric techniques. The analysis of the national household survey (PNAD‐2014) confirms a strong variation in mobility among the 27 federative units in Brazil and demonstrates a significant correlation between mobility and income inequality. In this sense, this work presents empirical evidence for the existence of the “Great Gatsby curve” within a single country: states with greater income disparities present higher levels of persistence in educational levels across generations. Finally, the paper investigates one specific mechanism behind this correlation: whether higher income inequality might lead to lower investment in human capital among children from socially vulnerable households. The paper delivers robust and compelling results showing that children born into families where the parents have not completed primary education have a statistically significant reduction in their chance of completing the educational system if they live in states with a higher level of income inequality.
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Brazil
educational attainment
Great Gatsby Curve
human capital
inequality
intergenerational mobility
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