Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/335999 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18351
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the evolution of intergenerational educational mobility and related distributional statistics in Spain. Over recent decades, mobility has risen by one-third, coinciding with pronounced declines in inequality and assortative mating among the same cohorts. To explore these patterns, we examine regional correlates of mobility, using split-sample techniques. A key finding from both national and regional analyses is the close association between mobility and assortative mating: spousal sorting accounts for nearly half of the regional variation in intergenerational correlations and also appears to be a key mediator of the negative relationship between inequality and mobility documented in recent studies.
Subjects: 
intergenerational mobility
assortative mating
inequality
education
JEL: 
I24
J12
J62
N34
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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