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Title: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in the U.S., 1910-2013
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: Intergenerational mobility in the U.S. is generally studied using only two generations. We construct and analyze new three-generation samples spanning 1850 to the present: one linking the 1850, 1880, and 1910 censuses; and another linking the 1940 Census, the 1973-1990 Current Population Surveys, and Census 2000 and the 2001-2013 American Community Surveys. We also break up the three-generation samples into multiple parent-child observations to explore changes in mobility across two-generations over time. We find a statistically significant correlation between outcomes of grandchildren and their grandparents. From 1850-1910, occupational wealth of adult grandchildren was 0.15 percent higher for every 1 percent increase in the occupational wealth of the grandparent. From 1940 to the present, the educational attainment of an adult grandchild is 0.29 years greater for every 1 year increase in their grandparents 1940 educational attainment. These relationships remain after accounting for the direct parent-child relationship.
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Authors: Ferrie, Joseph; Massey, Catherine; Rothbaum, Jonathan
Conference Name: 2016 PAA Conference
Publisher Location: Washington D.C.
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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