Intergenerational Income Mobility In Urban China
This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban china paying careful attention to the potential biases induced by income fluctuations and life cycle effects.
Intergenerational income mobility in urban china. Introduction economists have long been interested in the issue of intergenerational mobility. Gong leigh and meng 2012 estimated the intergenerational income mobility in urban china and observed differences between rural and urban china. They also suggested that spatial heterogeneity. Intergenerational income mobility in urban china 1.
Estimating the relationship between the permanent incomes of parents and children is a critical component of a society s income dynamics. This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban china paying careful attention to the potential biases induced by income fluctuations and life cycle effects. They estimate the overall intergenerational income elasticity in urban china to be 0 32 for fathers and sons and find that education has. Our preferred estimate indicates that the intergenerational income elasticity for father son is 0 63.
Estimating the relationship between the permanent incomes of parents and children is a critical component of a society 39 s income dynamics. A growing body of research has. This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban china paying careful attention to the potential biases induced by income fluctuations and life cycle effects. A growing body of research.
The only other study on intergenerational income mobility in urban china is guo and min 2008 who use the chinese urban household education and employment survey 2004 uhees 2004. This suggests that while china has experienced rapid growth of absolute incomes the relative position of. This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban china paying careful attention to the potential biases induced by income fluctuations and life cycle effects. Economists have long been interested in the issue of intergenerational mobility.
Intergenerational income mobility in urban china.