Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state: Brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932-1968

被引：64

作者：

Bjorklund, Anders ^{[1
]}

Jantti, Markus ^{[2
]}

Lindquist, Matthew J. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social Res, SOFI, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

[2] Abo Akad Univ, Dept Econ, Turku, Finland

[3] Stockholm Univ, Dept Econ, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 2009年 / 93卷 / 5-6期

基金：

芬兰科学院;

关键词：

Sibling correlation; Intergenerational mobility; Family background; EARNINGS; MOBILITY; CHILDREN; LESSONS; NORWAY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.02.006

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We investigate if the association between family background and income in Sweden has changed for men born between 1932 and 1968. Our main finding is that the share of the variance in long-run income that is attributable to family background, the so-called brother correlation in income, has fallen by some 17% from 0.49 for the cohorts of brothers born in the early 1930s to below 0.32 for the cohorts born around 1950. From then on, the correlations have inched back up to around 0.37. We report suggestive evidence that the decline is driven by changes in education. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.

引用

页码：671 / 680

页数：10

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