Family, Community and Long-Term Socio-Economic Inequality

Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9707033
AutoresPaul Bingley (VIVE Copenhagen, Denmark), Lorenzo Cappellari (0000-0001-6791-3494, Università Cattolica Milano, Italy, autor correspondente), Konstantinos Tatsiramos (0000-0003-0220-9644, University of Luxembourg)
Ano2021
Volume131
Fascículo636
Páginas1515-1554
Data de publicação2021-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ej/ueaa121
OpenAlexW3097223093
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas35

Using administrative data for the population of Danish men and women, we develop an empirical model which accounts for the joint earnings dynamics of siblings and youth community peers. We provide the first decomposition of the sibling correlation of permanent earnings into family and community effects allowing for life-cycle dynamics and extending the analysis to consider other outcomes. We find that family is the most important factor influencing sibling correlations of earnings, education and unemployment. Community background matters for shaping the sibling correlation of earnings and unemployment early in the working life, but its importance quickly diminishes

Demographic economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Inequality · Political science · Sociology · Term (time · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics