Working Paper Series, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
No 5/2002:
Do birth order and family size matter for intergenerational income mobility? Evidence from Sweden
Lena Lindahl ()
Abstract: Previous studies of intergenerational income mobility have
not considered potential birth-order or family-size effects in the
estimated income elasticity. This paper uses a large sample of individuals
born between 1962 and 1964; income elasticities with respect to the
father’s income are estimated for individuals in different birth-order
positions for a given family size. This paper presents results based on
labor income and total income for sons and daughters separately. The
elasticity tends to decrease with birth order for a given family size,
especially in the labor-income analysis of fathers and sons. Family size,
on the other hand, does not seem to have a large impact on the
intergenerational income elasticity.
Keywords: Birth order; family size; intergenerational mobility.; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J12; J62; (follow links to similar papers)
28 pages, October 1, 2002
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