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Intergenerational occupational transmission as a determinant of social mobility

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  • Martín Trombetta

    (Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política (IIEP UBA–CONICET). Buenos Aires, Argentina.)

Abstract

This paper studies intergenerational occupational mobility in Argentina using two nationally representative retrospective household surveys. It estimates the transmission of parents’ job attributes to their children through OLS, instrumental variables, and unconditional quantile regressions. Results show strong persistence in job skill level and occupational socioeconomic status, while rank, establishment size, and industry correlate across generations but weaken when IV is applied. Quantile regressions indicate persistence is driven by the right tail—higher‑status jobs—implying sizable effects on social mobility and equality of opportunity.

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  • Martín Trombetta, 2025. "Intergenerational occupational transmission as a determinant of social mobility," Documentos de trabajo del Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política IIEP (UBA-CONICET) 2025-106, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política IIEP (UBA-CONICET).
    • Handle: RePEc:ake:iiepdt:2025-106
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    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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