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Chapter 11 Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Social Exclusion – Germany and the United States Compared

In: Inequality, Mobility and Segregation: Essays in Honor of Jacques Silber

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  • Veronika V. Eberharter

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This paper analyzes the impact of family background characteristics and social exclusion features on the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment and income positions, and the relative poverty risk in Germany and the United States. These countries vary widely by welfare regime, family role patterns, and labor market settings. From these differences we predict higher intergenerational income elasticities in the United States and higher intergenerational educational elasticities in Germany. Using longitudinal data from the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) 1980–2008, we find some empirical support for these hypotheses. In both countries, parental educational attainment stimulates intergenerational economic and social mobility, which accentuates the importance of promoting human capital accumulation.

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  • Veronika V. Eberharter, 2012. "Chapter 11 Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Social Exclusion – Germany and the United States Compared," Research on Economic Inequality, in: Inequality, Mobility and Segregation: Essays in Honor of Jacques Silber, pages 285-309, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reinzz:s1049-2585(2012)0000020014
    DOI: 10.1108/S1049-2585(2012)0000020014
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