Economists and social scientists have long been interested in intergenerational mobility,
and documenting the persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an …

This article reviews the sociological and economic literature on intergenerational mobility.
Findings on social class, occupational status, earnings, and income mobility are discussed …

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This paper summarizes research on the relative level of intergenerational mobility–whether
classified by income, education or social class. The literatures on education and income …

A quarter century ago, an important finding in stratification research showed that the
intergenerational occupational association was much weaker among college graduates …

We quantify intergenerational and assortative processes by comparing different degrees of
kinship within the same generation. This “horizontal” approach yields more, and more …

This paper estimates historical intergenerational elasticities between fathers and children of
both sexes in the United States using a novel empirical strategy. The key insight of our …

We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally
comprehensive Norwegian matched worker–firm–owner data. In contrast to most existing …

Using short snapshots of income in intergenerational mobility estimation causes “lifecycle
bias” if the snapshots cannot mimic lifetime outcomes. We use uniquely long series of …

Research has shown that intergenerational mobility is higher among individuals with a
college degree than those with lower levels of schooling. However, mobility declines among …