References list

2a (second part) Intergenerational Mobility

Where possible, the list provides abstracts of the entries and links to the publication.
Initial list compiled by: Ludger Wößmann

This reference list contains three parts:

  • Introductory Reading
    Somebody who does not know this literature or wants to get an overview might want to start here.
  • Key References
    Some of the most important references in this literature, which may require some more knowledge of the field.
  • Further Reading
    Organized by date of publication.

Introductory Reading

  1. Bowles, Samuel and Herbert Gintis (2002). The Inheritance of Inequality. In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 16(3) , 03-30 . Link.

  2. Grawe, Nathan D. and Casey B. Mulligan (2002). Economic Interpretations of Intergenerational Correlations. In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 16(3) , 45-58 . Abstract. Link.

  3. Solon, Gary (2002). Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility. In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 16(3) , 59-66 . Abstract. Link.

  4. Solon, Gary (1999). Intergenerational Mobility in the Labor Market. In: Orley Ashenfelter and David Card (eds.). Handbook of Labor Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier , 1761–1800 . Abstract. Link.

Key references

  1. Becker, Gary S. and H. Gregg Lewis (1973). On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children. In: Journal of Political Economy 81(2) , 279-288 . Link.

  2. Becker, Gary S. and Nigel Tomes (1986). Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families. In: Journal of Labor Economics 4(3) , 01-39 . Abstract. Link.

  3. Becker, Gary S. and Nigel Tomes (1979). An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility. In: Journal of Political Economy 87(6) , 1153-1189 . Abstract. Link.

  4. Corak, Miles (ed.) (2004). Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press . Abstract. Link.

  5. Loury, Glenn C. (1981). Intergenerational Transfers and the Distribution of Earnings. In: Econometrica 49(4) , 843-867 . Abstract. Link.

Further reading

  1. Aaronson, Daniel and Bhashkar Mazumder (2008). Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States, 1940 to 2000. In: Journal of Human Resources 43(1) , 139-172 . Abstract. Link.

  2. Ammermueller, Andreas (2013). Institutional Features of Schooling Systems and Educational Inequality: Cross-Country Evidence from PIRLS and PISA. In: German Economic Review 14(2) , 190-213 . Abstract. Link.

  3. Bauer, Philipp C. and Regina T. Riphahn (2013). Institutional Determinants of Intergenerational Education Transmission - Comparing Alternative Mechanisms for Natives and Immigrants. In: Labour Economics 25 , 110-122 . Abstract. Link.

  4. Bauer, Philipp and Regina T. Riphahn (2006). Timing of School Tracking as a Determinant of Intergenerational Transmission of Education. In: Economics Letters 91(1) , 90-97 . Abstract. Link.

  5. Björklund, Anders and Markus Jäntti (1997). Intergenerational Income Mobility in Sweden Compared to the United States. In: American Economic Review 87(5) , 1009-1018 . Link.

  6. Björklund, Anders, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug (2006). The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data. In: Quarterly Journal of Economics 121(3) , 999-1028 . Abstract. Link.

  7. Björklund, Anders, Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson and Alan Krueger (2004). Education, Equality and Efficiency: An Analysis of Swedish School Reforms during the 1990s. IFAU Report 2004:1. Abstract. Link.

  8. Black, Sandra E., Paul J. Devereux (2011). Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility. In: Ashenfelter, Orley and David Card (eds.). Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4, Part B. Amsterdam: North Holland , 1487-1541 . Link.

  9. Black, Sandra E., Paul J. Devereux and Kjell G. Salvanes (2009). Like father, like son? A note on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. In: Economics Letters 105(1) , 138-140 . Abstract. Link.

  10. Black, Sandra, Paul Devereux and Kjell G. Salvanes (2005). Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. In: American Economic Review 95(1) , 437-449 . Abstract. Link.

  11. Black, Sandra, Paul J. Devereux and Kjell G. Salvanes (2007). From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes. In: Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(1) , 409-439 . Abstract. Link.

  12. Blanden, Jo (2013). Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology. In: Journal of Economic Surveys 27(1) , 38-73 . Abstract. Link.

  13. Bleakley, Hoyt and Aimee Chin (2008). What Holds Back the Second Generation? The Intergenerational Transmission of Language Human Capital Among Immigrants. In: Journal of Human Resources 43(2) , 267-298 . Abstract. Link.

  14. Casey, Teresa and Christian Dustman (2008). Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes. In: Journal of Human Resources 43(3) , 660-687 . Abstract. Link.

  15. Chadwick, Laura and Gary Solon (2002). Intergenerational Income Mobility Among Daughters. In: American Economic Review 92(1) , 335-344 . Link.

  16. Checchi, Daniele, Andrea Ichino and Aldo Rustichini (1999). More Equal But Less Mobile? Education Financing and Intergenerational Mobility in Italy and in the US. In: Journal of Public Economics 74(3) , 351-393 . Abstract. Link.

  17. Chetty, Raj, Nathaniel Hendren and Lawrence F. Katz (2016). The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment. In: American Economic Review 106(4) , 855-902 . Abstract. Link.

  18. Corak, Miles (2013). Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility. In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 27(3) , 79-102 . Abstract. Link.

  19. Cunha, Flavio and James J. Heckman (2008). Formulating, Identifying and Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation. In: Journal of Human Resources 43(4) , 738-782 . Abstract. Link.

  20. Dearden, Lorraine, Stephen Machin and Howard Reed (1997). Intergenerational Mobility in Britain. In: Economic Journal 107(1) , 47-66 . Abstract. Link.

  21. Del Rey, Elena and María Racionero (2002). Optimal educational choice and redistribution when parental education matters. In: Oxford Economic Papers 54(3) , 435-448 . Abstract. Link.

  22. Doyle, Joseph. J. Jr. (2008). Child Protection and Adult Crime: Using Investigator Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of Foster Care. In: Journal of Political Economy 116(4) , 746-770 . Abstract. Link.

  23. Doyle, Joseph. J. Jr. (2007). Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care. In: American Economic Review 97(5) , 1583-1610 . Abstract. Link.

  24. Dustmann, Christia (2008). Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility: Comparing Sons of Foreign- and Native-Born Fathers. In: Journal of Human Ressources 43(2) , 299-324 . Abstract. Link.

  25. Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence F. Katz (2008). Transitions: Career and Family Life Cycles of the Educational Elite. In: American Economic Review 98(2) , 363-369 . Abstract. Link.

  26. Han, Song and Casey B. Mulligan (2001). Human Capital, Heterogeneity and Estimated Degrees of Intergenerational Mobility. In: Economic Journal 111(470) , 207-243 . Abstract. Link.

  27. Hirvonen, Lalaina H. (2008). Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Among Daughters and Sons, Evidence from Sweden and a Comparison with the United States. In: American Journal of Economics and Sociology 67(5) , 777-826 . Abstract. Link.

  28. Holmlund, Helena, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug (2011). The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods. In: Journal of Economic Literature 49(3) , 615-651 . Abstract. Link.

  29. Miller, Amalia R. (2009). Motherhood Delay and the Human Capital of the Next Generation. In: American Economic Review 99(2) , 154-158 . Abstract. Link.

  30. Mulligan, Casey B. (1999). Galton versus the Human Capital Approach to Inheritance. In: Journal of Political Economy 107(S6) , 184-224 . Abstract. Link.

  31. Pekkarinen, Tuomas, Roope Uusitalo and Sari Kerr (2009). School tracking and intergenerational income mobility: Evidence from the Finnish comprehensive school reform. In: Journal of Public Economics 93(7-8) , 965-973 . Abstract. Link.

  32. Piopiunik, Marc (2014). Intergenerational Transmission of Education and Mediating Channels: Evidence from a Compulsory Schooling Reform in Germany. In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116(3) , 878-907 . Abstract. Link.

  33. Segal, Carmit (2008). Classroom Behavior. In: Journal of Human Ressources 43(4) , 783-814 . Abstract. Link.

  34. Solon, Gary (1992). Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States. In: American Economic Review 82(3) , 393-408 . Abstract. Link.

  35. Tomes, Nigel (1981). The Family, Inheritance, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality. In: Journal of Political Economy 89(5) , 928-958 . Abstract. Link.

  36. Woessmann, Ludger (2008). How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States. In: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 78(1) , 45-70 . Abstract. Link.

  37. Zimmerman, David J. (1992). Regression Towards Mediocrity in Economic Status. In: American Economic Review 82(3) , 409-429 . Abstract. Link.