This paper provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work on the Great Gatsby
Curve, the positive empirical relationship between cross-sectional income inequality, and …

This chapter reviews the literature on intergenerational mobility. While our review is
centered around the large empirical literature on this topic, we also give a brief discussion of …

By providing public service for equity and reducing the investment gap between rich and
poor children, government spending plays a crucial role in intergenerational income …

We study the sources of racial disparities in income using anonymized longitudinal data
covering nearly the entire US population from 1989 to 2015. We document three results …

We examine intergenerational mobility (IM) in educational attainment in Africa since
independence using census data. First, we map IM across 27 countries and more than 2800 …

The concept of generations has become increasingly important in the social science fields to
explain diverse phenomena affecting organizations. This is especially true in the family …

Following the widespread adoption of free primary education, African policymakers are now
considering making secondary school free, but little is known about the private and social …

Intergenerational income mobility varies significantly across Canada, with the 266 Census
Divisions in the 1986 Census clustering into five non-contiguous regions. Nine …

The nullification of slave wealth after the US Civil War (1861–1865) was one of the largest
episodes of wealth compression in history. We document that White Southern households …

Intergenerational income mobility is lower in the United States than in Canada but varies
significantly within each country. Our subnational analysis finds that the national border only …