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Intergenerational mobility, school inequality and social segregation

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  • ARENAS Andreu

    (Université catholique de Louvain, CORE, Belgium)

  • HINDRIKS Jean

    (Université catholique de Louvain, CORE, Belgium)

Abstract

We study the role of school inequality and social segregation for human capital accu-mulation, inequality and intergenerational mobility. We augment the Becker-Tomes-Solon model of intergenerational mobility, introducing a regime switch model of social segregation at school. Depending on the social background of their parents, children have di erent probability of access to di erent school quality. Abstracting from genetic transmission of ability, we focus on the e ect of social segregation and school inequality on parental in-vestments, education and income levels and inequality, and on intergenerational mobility. We obtain that segregation and school inequality have ambiguous e ects on parental in-vestment. However, we also find that segregation and school inequality raise the average level of educational attainment and income. This is due to the complementarity between parental investment and school quality. Lastly, we show that the e ect of segregation and school inequality on the intergenerational mobility is ambiguous and depends on the distribution of parental income.

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  • ARENAS Andreu & HINDRIKS Jean, 2017. "Intergenerational mobility, school inequality and social segregation," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2017019, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvco:2017019
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    1. Bavaro, Michele, 2018. "Intergenerational mobility of status with multiple dimensions in Germany and the United Kingdom," ISER Working Paper Series 2018-09, Institute for Social and Economic Research.

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    Keywords

    Intergenerational mobility; education; school system; equality of opportu-nity; segregation;
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    JEL classification:

    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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