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Intergenerational Mobility, Siblings' Inequality and Borrowing Constraints

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Alejandro Gaviria (Universidad de los Andes)

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This paper uncovers differences in social mobility between rich and poor families. The paper shows, in particular, that borrowing constraints retard social mobility among the poor by preventing poor parents from investing optimally in the their children's human capital. This evidence contradicts several recent studies that argue that innate ability is the overriding determinant of socioeconomic success in the United States. The paper also shows that siblings' inequality seems to be independent of family wealth, which clearly contradicts the predictions of most economic models of resource allocation within the family

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, UC San Diego in its series University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series with number 1998-13.

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Keywords: social mobility; human capital;

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  3. Becker, Gary S & Tomes, Nigel, 1986. "Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 4(3), pages S1-39, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Tomes, Nigel, 1981. "The Family, Inheritance, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 89(5), pages 928-58, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Momi Dahan & Alejandro Gaviria, 1998. "Parental Actions and Siblings’ Inequality," RES Working Papers 4150, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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  2. David Levine, 1999. "Choosing the Right Parents: Changes in the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality Between the 1970s and the early 1990s," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series 1008, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Momi Dahan & Alejandro Gaviria, 1998. "Actos de los padres y desigualdad entre hermanos," RES Working Papers 4151, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  4. Lykke Andersen, 2001. "Social Mobility in Latin America: Links with Adolescent Schooling," RES Working Papers 3130, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  5. Sheng Guo, 2009. "Rich Dad, Rich Kid? Switching Regression Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility of Consumption," Working Papers 0904, Florida International University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  6. Nathan D. Grawe & Casey B. Mulligan, 2002. "Economic Interpretations of Intergenerational Correlations," NBER Working Papers 8948, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Gonzalo Olcina Vauteren & Luisa Escriche, 2006. "Education And Family Income: Can Poor Children Signal Their Talent?," Working Papers. Serie AD 2006-20, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie). [Downloadable!]
  8. Bhashkar Mazumder, 2004. "Sibling similarities, differences and economic inequality," Working Paper Series WP-04-13, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. [Downloadable!]
  9. Daniele Checchi, 1999. "Inequality in Incomes and Access to Education. A Cross-Country Analysis (1960-90)," Working Papers 21, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised May 1999. [Downloadable!]
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