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Is intergenerational economic mobility lower now than in the past?

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  • Bhashkar Mazumder

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This article presents evidence on long-term trends in intergenerational economic mobility in the United States and considers the prospects for intergenerational mobility going forward.

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  • Bhashkar Mazumder, 2012. "Is intergenerational economic mobility lower now than in the past?," Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue Apr.
  • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhle:y:2012:i:apr:n:297
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    1. Nam, Jaehyun, 2019. "Government spending during childhood and intergenerational income mobility in the United States," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 332-343.
    2. Joel HELLIER, 2023. "Increasing skill premium and education decisions: Higher intra-skilled inequality and lower inter-skill mobility," Working Papers 643, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
    3. Leone, Tharcisio, 2019. "The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the "Great Gatsby Curve" in Brazil," GIGA Working Papers 318, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    4. Marie Connolly & Catherine Haeck & Lucie Raymond-Brousseau, 2022. "La mobilité sociale au Québec selon différents parcours universitaires," CIRANO Project Reports 2022rp-12, CIRANO.

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