Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267916 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1222
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
In this paper we use linked Census data to document rates of intergenerational housing mobility across ethnic groups in England and Wales. While home ownership has declined across all ethnic groups, we find substantial differences between them, with Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi households experiencing the strongest intergenerational link between parent and child housing tenure, and Black individuals having the highest rates of downward housing mobility. In contrast, those of Indian origin have homeownership rates similar to White British families, and a weaker link between parent and child housing tenure. These patterns are likely, in turn, to exacerbate existing gradients in other dimensions of ethnicity-based inequality now and in the future.
Subjects: 
housing
social mobility
wealth transmission
ethnicity
JEL: 
J62
I24
R31
P46
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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