Gender in Intergenerational Educational Persistence Across Time and Place

Primarily using data from the 2010 European Social Survey, we analyze intergenerational educational persistence in 20 European countries, studying cross-country and cross-cluster differences; changes in the degree of intergenerational persistence over time; and the role of gender in determining educational persistence across generations. We find that persistence is highest in the Southern and Eastern European countries, and lowest in the Nordic countries. While persistence in the Nordic and Southern countries has declined over time, it has remained relatively steady in the rest of Europe. Our analysis highlights the importance of a detailed gender analysis in studying intergenerational persistence, finding that mothers education is a stronger determinant of daughters (instead of sons) education and fathers education a stronger determinant of the education of their sons. For most clusters, declines in intergenerational persistence over time are largely driven by increasing mobility for younger women

Education and Social Mobility in Europe: Levelling the Playing Field for Europe's Children and Fuelling its Economy

The persistence of socioeconomic outcomes across generations acts as a barrier to a society's ability to exploit its resources efficiently. In order to derive policy measures which aim at accelerating intergenerational mobility, we review the existent body of research on the causes, effects and the measurement of intergenerational mobility. We also present recent empirical works which study intergenerational mobility in Europe, around the Globe, and its relevance for economic growth. We recommend four policy measures to reduce the negative impacts of intergenerational persistence in economic outcomes: universal and high-quality child care and pre-school programs; later school tracking and increased access to vocational training to reduce skill mismatch and facilitate technological development; integration programs for migrants; and simultaneous investment in schooling and later social security programs.Series: WWWforEurop

Gender and Migration Background in Intergenerational Educational Mobility

We employ 2011 European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data for Austria to perform Markovian mobility matrix analysis and uni- and multivariate econometric analysis to study intergenerational educational mobility by gender and migration background. We find that the educational attainment of girls and migrants relative to their parents is less mobile than for boys and natives. Further, the immobility of educational attainment is enhanced by the intersection of these identities: migrant girls are the least educationally mobile group and are especially likely to follow their mothers 19 educational footsteps, while native boys are the most mobile, especially compared to their mothers. (authors' abstract)Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Serie

Intergenerational Educational Persistence in Europe

Primarily using data from the 2010 European Social Survey, we analyze intergenerational educational persistence in 20 European countries, studying cross-country and cross-cluster differences in intergenerational mobility; the role of gender in determining educational persistence across generations; and changes in the degree of intergenerational persistence over time. We find that persistence is highest in the Southern and Eastern European countries, and lowest in the Nordic countries. While intergenerational persistence in the Nordic and Southern countries has declined over time, it has remained relatively steady in the rest of Europe. Further, we find evidence of differences in intergenerational persistence by gender, with mothers' education being a stronger determinant of daughters' (instead of sons') education and fathers' education a stronger determinant of the education of their sons. Finally we see that for most clusters differences over time are largely driven by increasing mobility for younger women. (authors' abstract)Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Serie

Intergenerationelle soziale Mobilität in Österreich

Der Beitrag untersucht mit Daten der EU-SILC-Befragung 2011 die soziale Mobilität von Bildung und der ökonomischen Situation über zwei Generationen in Österreich. Die Auswertung erfolgt dabei hinsichtlich Geschlecht, Alter und Migrationshintergrund. Hierbei zeigt sich generell eine relativ hohe Persistenz, welche an den beiden Rändern der Einkommensverteilung besonders ausgeprägt ist. Immobilität ist bei der Bildung stärker ausgeprägt als bei der ökonomischen Situation. Bei Personen mit Migrationshintergrund ist die Bildungspersistenz besonders stark. Die Ergebnisse zeigen darüber hinaus, dass dem Besuch einer vorschulischen Erziehungs- und Bildungseinrichtung große Bedeutung für die weiteren Bildungsund Erwerbskarrieren zukommt. (authors' abstract

Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Europe "Inequality within and among Nations: Causes, Effects, and Responses"

Abstract We employ 2011 European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data fo