A Note on Intergenerational Schooling Mobility

Bassetti, Thomas (2012) A Note on Intergenerational Schooling Mobility. Review of European Studies, 4 (4). pp. 121-127. ISSN 1918-7173

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Abstract

This article studies how parental education affects children's completed years of schooling. Using a long-term survey, we test whether the intergenerational schooling mobility follows a linear or a nonlinear path. In line with some influential theoretical models, we find that the intergenerational link is clearly nonlinear. In particular, using a quantile regression technique and a generalized additive model, we conclude that this relationship has a logistic shape. This evidence suggests that works in which the intergenerational schooling mobility is estimated by using standard linear techniques do not capture salient nonlinearities.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: STM Open Press > Multidisciplinary
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Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2023 07:00
Last Modified: 17 May 2024 10:26
URI: http://journal.submissionpages.com/id/eprint/1816

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