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igmobil: A command for intergenerational mobility analysis in Stata

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  • Marco Savegnago

    (Bank of Italy)

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In this article, I describe a new command, igmobil, that computes up to 20 intergenerational mobility (IGM) indices for continuous (that is, income or years of education) or discrete (that is, educational or occupational level) variables. I consider three classes of IGM indices: 1) single-stage indices, 2) indices derived from a transition matrix between parents’ and children’s socioeconomic status, and 3) indices based on inequality measures. Users may add a fourth class to specify any possible IGM index not included in igmobil. Standard errors and confidence intervals are calculated using a bootstrap procedure. Users can customize many aspects of the program output, including the type and dimension of the transition matrix, the parameters for some IGM indices (like the ones involving generalized entropy measures and the Atkinson index), and how standard errors and confidence intervals are calculated.

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  • Marco Savegnago, 2016. "igmobil: A command for intergenerational mobility analysis in Stata," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 16(2), pages 386-402, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:tsj:stataj:y:16:y:2016:i:2:p:386-402
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    1. Diding Sakri & Andy Sumner & Arief Anshory Yusuf, 2022. "Whose intergenerational mobility?: A new set of estimates for Indonesia by gender, geography, and generation," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-12, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Leopoldo Cabrera & Gustavo A. Marrero & Juan Gabriel Rodríguez & Pedro Salas-Rojo, 2021. "Inequality of Opportunity in Spain: New Insights from New Data," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 237(2), pages 153-185, June.
    3. Evangelia Papapetrou & Pinelopi Tsalaporta, 2017. "Is there a case for intergenerational transmission of female labour force participation and educational attainment? Evidence from Greece during the crisis," Working Papers 223, Bank of Greece.

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