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Estimating Intergenerational Mobility with Incomplete Data: Coresidency and Truncation Bias in Rank-Based Relative and Absolute Mobility Measures

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dc.contributor.authorEmran, M. Shahe
dc.contributor.authorShilpi, Forhad
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T17:24:57Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T17:24:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.description.abstractThe rank-based measures of intergenerational mobility have become increasingly popular in economics literature. Recent evidence shows that rank-based measures are less affected by measurement error and life-cycle bias compared with other standard measures such as intergenerational regression coefficient and intergenerational correlation. However, most of the available household surveys suffer from sample truncation, because coresidency is used to define household membership. There is no evidence on how sample truncation affects the rank-based mobility estimates relative to intergenerational regression coefficient and intergenerational correlation. This paper provides evidence on this in the context of intergenerational schooling persistence, using two exceptional surveys from India and Bangladesh that include all children irrespective of residency status. The analysis shows that the measures of relative mobility (slopes) are biased downward in coresident samples, but the average bias in rank correlation is less than half of that in intergenerational regression coefficient, and comparable to that in intergenerational correlation in magnitude. The intercept estimates are biased upward, with the largest bias found in the intercept of the regression used for intergenerational correlation. Truncation bias in rank-based absolute mobility estimates is the lowest in most cases. The results strengthen the case for rank-based measures of intergenerational mobility when working with the standard household surveys.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/503481524073263573/Estimating-intergenerational-mobility-with-incomplete-data-coresidency-and-truncation-bias-in-rank-based-relative-and-absolute-mobility-measures
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8414
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29716
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8414
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectRANK CORRELATION
dc.subjectDOWNWARD BIAS
dc.subjectINTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectLIFETIME EARNINGS
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectREGRESSION
dc.titleEstimating Intergenerational Mobility with Incomplete Dataen
dc.title.subtitleCoresidency and Truncation Bias in Rank-Based Relative and Absolute Mobility Measuresen
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okr.crossref.titleEstimating Intergenerational Mobility with Incomplete Data: Coresidency and Truncation Bias in Rank-Based Relative and Absolute Mobility Measures
okr.date.disclosure2018-04-18
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/503481524073263573/Estimating-intergenerational-mobility-with-incomplete-data-coresidency-and-truncation-bias-in-rank-based-relative-and-absolute-mobility-measures
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8414
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.region.countryIndia
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicEducation::Education and Society
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Development Patterns and Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group
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