Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283012 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 24-004
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215 microregions (NUTS2). We use these indices to make three contributions. First, we describe the geography of intergenerational mobility in Europe. Second, adapting a novel weighting procedure based on cohorts' relative economic contribution, we transform cohort-linked measures into annual measures of intergenerational mobility for each region. Third, we investigate the relationship between intergenerational mobility and innovation, and find robust evidence that higher mobility is associated with increased innovation.
Subjects: 
Intergenerational Mobility
Equality of Opportunity
Human Capital
Innovation
Regional Economic Performance
Europe
JEL: 
D63
I24
J62
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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