Macmillan, L;
Gregg, P;
Blanden, J;
(2007)
Accounting for intergenerational Income Persistence: Non-cognitive Skills, Ability and Education.
Economic Journal
, 117
C46-C60.
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Abstract
We analyse in detail the factors that lead to intergenerational persistence among sons, where this is measured as the association between childhood family income and later adult earnings. We seek to account for the level of income persistence in the 1970 BCS cohort and also to explore the decline in mobility in the UK between the 1958 NCDS cohort and the 1970 cohort. The mediating factors considered are cognitive skills, non-cognitive traits, educational attainment and labour market attachment. Changes in the relationships between these variables, parental income and earnings are able to explain over 80% of the rise in intergenerational persistence across the cohorts.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Accounting for intergenerational Income Persistence: Non-cognitive Skills, Ability and Education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Keywords: | Intergenerational mobility, children, skills |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership > Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1495103 |
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