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Accounting for Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Ability and Education

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Jo Blanden (University of Surrey & CEP)
Paul Gregg (University of Bristol & CEP)
Lindsey MacMillan (CMPO, University of Bristol)

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Abstract

We analyse in detail the factors that lead to intergenerational persistence among sons, where this is measured as the association between childhood family income and later adult earnings. We seek to account for the level of income persistence in the 1970 BCS cohort and also to explore the decline in mobility in the UK between the 1958 NCDS cohort and the 1970 cohort. The mediating factors considered are cognitive skills, noncognitive traits, educational attainment and labour market attachment. Changes in the relationships between these variables, parental income and earnings are able to explain over 80% of the rise in intergenerational persistence across the cohorts.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Surrey in its series Department of Economics Discussion Papers with number 0307.

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Keywords: intergenerational mobility; children; skills;

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J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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