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The effect of parental background along the son's earnings distribution : does one model fit for all ?

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  • Michele Raitano

    (Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome)

  • Claudia Vittori

    (Department of Social Policy Sciences Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy University of Bath)

  • Francesco Vona

    (OFCE-Sciencespo & Skema Business School)

Abstract

This paper shows that returns to parental background increase along the sons' distribution in four EU countries. Although this indicates a common mechanism, substantial differences in returns’ steepness question the one-model-fits-all story.

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  • Michele Raitano & Claudia Vittori & Francesco Vona, 2015. "The effect of parental background along the son's earnings distribution : does one model fit for all ?," Documents de Travail de l'OFCE 2015-18, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE).
    • Handle: RePEc:fce:doctra:1518
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    1. Hellier, Joël, 2017. "Stratified higher education,social mobility at the top and efficiency: The case of the French ‘Grandes écoles’," MPRA Paper 76724, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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