INTERGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY IN URBAN CHINA

被引:142
作者
Gong, Honge [2 ]
Leigh, Andrew
Meng, Xin [1 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Econ, CBE, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[2] Univ Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
关键词
D10; D31; intergenerational mobility; political party membership; transgenerational persistence; EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT; EARNINGS MOBILITY; INEQUALITY; MODEL;
D O I
10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00495.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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. Our preferred estimate indicates that the intergenerational income elasticity for fatherson is 0.63. This suggests that while China has experienced rapid growth of absolute incomes, the relative position of children in the distribution is largely related to their parents' incomes. By investigating possible causal channels, we find that parental education plays one of the most important roles in transmitting economic status from parents to children.
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页码:481 / 503
页数:23
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