- Additional Authors
- Johansson, Åsa.
- Found In
- OECD Journal: Economic Studies Vol. 2010, no. 1, p. 1-44 1995-2856
- Description
- 44 p.
- Summary
- This paper assesses recent patterns of intergenerational social mobility across OECD countries and examines the role that public policies can play. It shows that the relationship between parental or socio-economic background and offspring educational and wage outcomes is positive and significant in practically all countries for which evidence is available. Intergenerational social mobility is measured by several different indicators, since no single indicator provides a complete picture. However, one pattern that emerges is of a group of countries, southern European countries and Luxembourg, which appears to rank as relatively immobile on most indicators, while another group, the Nordic countries, is found to be more mobile. Furthermore, public policies such as education and early childcare play a role in explaining observed differences in intergenerational social mobility across countries.
- Subject
- Economics
- LCCN
- 10.1787/eco_studies-2010-5km33scz5rjj
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-002989
- Author
Causa, Orsetta.
- Title
Intergenerational Social Mobility in OECD Countries [electronic resource] / Orsetta Causa and Åsa Johansson
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Economics
- Added Author
Johansson, Åsa.
- Found In:
OECD Journal: Economic Studies Vol. 2010, no. 1, p. 1-44 2010:1<1 1995-2856
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/eco_studies-2010-5km33scz5rjj doi