Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236216 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14185
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high levels of income mobility across generations. It has in place many social policies now advocated for adoption in the U.S. Despite generous Danish social policies, family influence on important child outcomes in Denmark is about as strong as it is in the United States. More advantaged families are better able to access, utilize, and influence universally available programs. Purposive sorting by levels of family advantage create neighborhood effects. Powerful forces not easily mitigated by Danish-style welfare state programs operate in both countries.
Subjects: 
family influence
social mobility
inequality
power of place
JEL: 
H44
H24
J12
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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