The determinants of children's attainments: A review of methods and findings
R Haveman, B Wolfe - Journal of economic literature, 1995 - JSTOR
THE LEVEL of the nation's investment in children is enormous. Government expenditures on
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schooling alone totaled about $372 billion in …
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schooling alone totaled about $372 billion in …
Investing in early childhood development in preschool and at home
The foundations for successful child development are established in early childhood. Two
main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …
main policy approaches for strengthening these foundations have been subsidized …
Intergenerational income mobility in the United States
G Solon - The American Economic Review, 1992 - JSTOR
Social scientists and policy analysts have long expressed concern about the extent of
intergenerational income mobility in the United States, but remarkably little empirical …
intergenerational income mobility in the United States, but remarkably little empirical …
An analysis of sample attrition in panel data: The Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics
J Fitzgerald, P Gottschalk, RA Moffitt - 1998 - nber.org
By 1989 the Michigan Panel Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) had experienced
approximately 50 percent sample loss from cumulative attrition from its initial 1968 …
approximately 50 percent sample loss from cumulative attrition from its initial 1968 …
Fortunate sons: New estimates of intergenerational mobility in the United States using social security earnings data
B Mazumder - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005 - direct.mit.edu
Previous studies, relying on short-term averages of fathers' earnings, have estimated the
intergenerational elasticity (IGE) in earnings to be approximately 0.4. Due to persistent …
intergenerational elasticity (IGE) in earnings to be approximately 0.4. Due to persistent …
Income mobility
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Family background, neighborhoods, and intergenerational mobility
This chapter reviews the literature on intergenerational mobility. While our review is
centered around the large empirical literature on this topic, we also give a brief discussion of …
centered around the large empirical literature on this topic, we also give a brief discussion of …
Measuring intergenerational income mobility: A synthesis of approaches
The literature on intergenerational income mobility uses a diverse set of measures and there
is limited knowledge about whether these measures provide similar information and yield …
is limited knowledge about whether these measures provide similar information and yield …
Rags to rags: Poverty and mobility in the United States
M Corcoran - Annual review of sociology, 1995 - annualreviews.org
Early arguments over the “culture of poverty” assumed considerable intergenerational
transmission of poverty but differed over whether this was due to cultural inadequacies of the …
transmission of poverty but differed over whether this was due to cultural inadequacies of the …
Wealth as one of the “big four” SES dimensions in intergenerational transmissions
Recent scholarship on mobility has increasingly incorporated wealth. We ask if wealth
brings anything new to mobility research or is just a standard socioeconomic status (SES) …
brings anything new to mobility research or is just a standard socioeconomic status (SES) …