Intergenerational Mobility around the World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19941027 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rakesh Gupta Nichanametla Ramasubbaiah, Rakesh Ramasubbaiah, Roy van der Weide (0009-0003-7901-3997), Christoph Lakner (0000-0002-1354-3480), Daniel Gerszon Mahler (0000-0001-7126-9240), Ambar Narayan (0000-0002-3529-2248) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1596/1813-9450-9707 |
| OpenAlex | W3173233708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
Using individual data from over 400 surveys, this paper compiles a global database of intergenerational mobility in education for 153 countries covering 97 percent of the world’s population. For 87 percent of the world’s population, it provides trends in intergenerational mobility for individuals born between 1950 to 1989. The findings show that absolute mobility in education—the share of respondents that obtains higher levels of education than their parents—is higher in the developed world despite the higher levels of parental educational attainment. Relative mobility—measuring the degree of independence between parent and child years of schooling—is also found to be greater in the developed world. Together, these findings point to severe challenges in intergenerational mobility in the poorest parts of the world. Beyond national income levels, the paper explores the correlation between intergenerational mobility and a variety of country characteristics. Countries with higher rates of mobility have (i) higher tax revenues and rates of government expenditures, especially on education; (ii) better child health indicators (less stunting and lower infant mortality); (iii) higher school quality (more teachers per pupil and fewer school dropouts); and (iv) less residential segregation
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |