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Intergenerational economic mobility in Mexico/Movilidad económica intergeneracional en México

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  • Raymundo M. Campos Vázquez

    (El Colegio de México)

  • Victor H. Delgado Barrera

    (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público)

  • Roberto Vélez-Grajales

    (Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias)

Abstract

This article documents several measures of intergenerational economic mobility in Mexico. We employ census data available for 1990 to 2015 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, adjusted for cross-country comparison; intergenerational mobility is low in comparison with advanced economies. Results also suggest a higher intergenerational mobility for younger cohorts. Moreover, people born in southern Mexico have a lesser degree of intergenerational mobility.

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  • Raymundo M. Campos Vázquez & Victor H. Delgado Barrera & Roberto Vélez-Grajales, 2021. "Intergenerational economic mobility in Mexico/Movilidad económica intergeneracional en México," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 36(1), pages 151-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:emx:esteco:v:36:y:2021:i:1:p:151-176
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    Keywords

    Mexico; intergenerational mobility; earnings; inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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