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«Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Mexico»

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  • Raymundo Campos Vázquez
  • Víctor Delgado Barrera
  • Roberto Vélez Grajales

    (Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias)

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This article documents several measures of intergenerational economic mobility in Mexico. We employ census data available for 1990 to 2015 that provides data on earnings. Since censuses do not link individuals over time, the empirical strategy follows a synthetic approach by matching individuals with synthetic family earnings by the state where they were born and their birth cohort. The aggregate estimate indicates an intergenerational elasticity (IGE) of 0.50 for Mexico, adjusted for cross-country comparison. From this perspective, intergenerational mobility is low in comparison with advanced economies. Results also suggest a higher intergenerational mobility for younger cohorts. For regional comparisons, estimates show that people born in southern Mexico are more likely to have a lesser degree of intergenerational mobility.

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  • Raymundo Campos Vázquez & Víctor Delgado Barrera & Roberto Vélez Grajales, 2020. "«Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Mexico»," Papers 2020_08, Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias.
    • Handle: RePEc:auk:ecosoc:2020_08
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    1. Monroy-Gómez-Franco, Luis, 2023. "Shades of social mobility: Colorism, ethnic origin and intergenerational social mobility," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 247-266.
    2. Luis Monroy‐Gómez‐Franco & Paloma Villagómez‐Ornelas, 2024. "Stratification economics in the land of persistent inequalities," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 83(1), pages 157-175, January.

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