GRANDFATHERS MATTER (ED): OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY ACROSS THREE GENERATIONS IN THE US AND BRITAIN, 1850-1911

Nearly all intergenerational mobility studies focus on fathers and sons. The possibility that the process is more than simply two-generational (AR(1)) has been difficult to assess because of the lack of the necessary multi-generational data. We remedy this shortcoming with new data that links grandf...

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Published in:The Economic journal (London) 2018-07, Vol.128 (612), p.F422-F445
Main Authors: Long, Jason, Ferrie, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
20th century
Economic theory
Fathers
FEATURE: NEW DIRECTIONS IN MEASURING INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
Grandfathers
Grandparents
Intergenerational mobility
Occupational mobility
Occupations
Parent-child relations
Social mobility
Sons
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