Multiple Measures of Historical Intergenerational Mobility
Iowa 1915 to 1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9716689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James J Feigenbaum (0000-0002-1625-2021, Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue | 612 |
| Pages | F446-F481 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12525 |
| OpenAlex | W2807800750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 42 |
Was intergenerational economic mobility high in the early twentieth century in the US? Comparisons of mobility across time are complicated by the constraints of the data available. I match fathers from the Iowa State Census of 1915 to their sons in the 1940 Federal Census, the first state and federal censuses with data on income and years of education. I can estimate intergenerational mobility between 1915 and 1940 based on earnings, education, occupation, and names. Across all these measures, I document broad consensus that rates of persistence were low in Iowa in the early twentieth century
Census · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economic mobility · Economics · Geography · Population · Poverty · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · School Choice and Performance · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |