Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data

Carmichael, Fiona; Darko, Christian; Ercolani, Marco G; Ozgen, Ceren; Siebert, W. Stanley

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Title:

Evidence on Intergenerational Income Transmission Using Complete Dutch Population Data

Authors:

Carmichael, Fiona
Darko, Christian
Ercolani, Marco G
Ozgen, Ceren
Siebert, W. Stanley

Year of Publication:

2019

Series/Report no.:

IZA Discussion Papers No. 12694

Publisher:

Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn

Abstract:

We estimate the intergenerational elasticity (IGE) of income for the Netherlands using complete population data for around 177,000 28-year olds. We find that IGEs are much lower when actual individual income data are used rather than proxies or aggregates for income. Though low, daughters' IGEs are higher than sons' indicating lower income mobility for women.

Subjects:

intergenerational elasticity
intergenerational mobility
income
equality of opportunity
Great Gatsby curve
Netherlands

JEL:

J62
J61
D31

Document Type:

Working Paper

Appears in Collections:

IZA Discussion Papers, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics

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