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Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain

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  • Grebol, Ricard

    (affiliation not available)

  • Machelett, Margarita

    (Banco de España)

  • Stuhler, Jan

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

  • Villanueva, Ernesto

    (Bank of Spain)

Abstract

We study the evolution of intergenerational educational mobility and related distributional statistics in Spain. Over recent decades, mobility has risen by one-third, coinciding with pronounced declines in inequality and assortative mating among the same cohorts. To explore these patterns, we examine regional correlates of mobility, using split-sample techniques. A key finding from both national and regional analyses is the close association between mobility and assortative mating: spousal sorting accounts for nearly half of the regional variation in intergenerational correlations and also appears to be a key mediator of the negative relationship between inequality and mobility documented in recent studies.

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  • Grebol, Ricard & Machelett, Margarita & Stuhler, Jan & Villanueva, Ernesto, 2025. "Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain," IZA Discussion Papers 18351, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp18351
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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