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Title: Occupations and the Evolution of Gender Differences in Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: This paper analyzes intergenerational mobility experiences of daughters and sons with respect to their fathers occupational status and documents changes in gender differences over time. While women have been in occupations with lower overall earnings potential, men are more likely to be in occupations characterized by long hours and low returns. The mobility gap in earnings has been closing and a mobility advantage with respect to education has been emerging

Url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176514002286

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Authors: Schwenkenberg, Julia M.

Periodical (Full): Economic Letters

Issue: 3

Volume: 124

Pages: 348-352

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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