Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289884 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Documento de Trabajo No. 303
Publisher: 
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), La Plata
Abstract: 
We estimate, for the first time, long-run trends in intergenerational economic mobility for a multitude of countries in Latin America going beyond parent-child correlations in educational attainment. We use several indicators of well-being, such as the socio-economic situation of individuals, job stability, homeownership and assets. Unlike estimates based on education, which mostly show increasing social mobility trends, we find that opportunities to achieve a certain level of economic well-being and climb up the social ladder are rather unequally distributed and have not changed much over time in Latin America.
Subjects: 
Inequality
Intergenerational Mobility
Equality of Opportunity
Well-being
Latin America
JEL: 
D63
I24
J62
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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