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Intergenerational Mobility around the World

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dc.contributor.authorRamasubbaiah, Rakesh
dc.contributor.authorvan der Weide, Roy
dc.contributor.authorLakner, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorMahler, Daniel Gerszon
dc.contributor.authorNarayan, Ambar
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T15:13:53Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T15:13:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractUsing individual data from over 400 surveys, this paper compiles a global database of intergenerational mobility in education for 153 countries covering 97 percent of the world’s population. For 87 percent of the world’s population, it provides trends in intergenerational mobility for individuals born between 1950 to 1989. The findings show that absolute mobility in education—the share of respondents that obtains higher levels of education than their parents—is higher in the developed world despite the higher levels of parental educational attainment. Relative mobility—measuring the degree of independence between parent and child years of schooling—is also found to be greater in the developed world. Together, these findings point to severe challenges in intergenerational mobility in the poorest parts of the world. Beyond national income levels, the paper explores the correlation between intergenerational mobility and a variety of country characteristics. Countries with higher rates of mobility have (i) higher tax revenues and rates of government expenditures, especially on education; (ii) better child health indicators (less stunting and lower infant mortality); (iii) higher school quality (more teachers per pupil and fewer school dropouts); and (iv) less residential segregation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/817351624329601595/Intergenerational-Mobility-around-the-World
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9707
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35827
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9707
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.titleIntergenerational Mobility around the Worlden
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okr.crossref.titleIntergenerational Mobility around the World
okr.date.disclosure2021-06-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:18:58.813391Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/817351624329601595/Intergenerational-Mobility-around-the-World
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9707
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicEducation::Education Finance
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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