Intergenerational Mobility of Economic Well-being in Latin America

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 st...

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Autores principales: Neidhöfer, Guido, Ciaschi, Matías Omar, Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/142401
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Sumario: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.