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2019
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[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 176v2 [Publisher:] Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2019
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
A strong association between incomes across generations—with children from poor families likely to be poor as adults—is frequently considered an indicator of insufficient equality of opportunity. Studies of such “intergenerational persistence,” or lack of intergenerational mobility, measure the strength of the relationship between parents’ socio-economic status and that of their children as adults. However, the association between equality of opportunity and common measures of intergenerational persistence is not as clear-cut as is often assumed. To aid interpretation researchers often compare measures across time and space but must recognize that reliable measurement requires overcoming important data and methodological difficulties.
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intergenerational income mobility
equality of opportunity
data quality
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E24
J62
D31
D63
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