Détails du projet
Description
The project builds on our previous research where we have coined a new approach for investigating the long-run influence of families on incomes, based on the estimation of models for multi-persons earnings dynamics (Bingley and Cappellari, 2019; Bingley, Cappellari and Tatsiramos, 2020). With ORIGINS, we will extend this approach to investigate novel research questions, or to address existing questions from a novel perspective. We will exploit plausibly exogenous sources of variation to understand the determinants of intergenerational persistence of socioeconomic outcomes. The project consists of three work packages (WPs) based on a unified analytical framework applied to register data for Denmark covering the entire population. Danish register data are well known to be of top quality and they are among the few datasets worldwide that enable to link individuals to their social origins (family members, school and community identifiers), to their current co-workers, as well as to observe individual socioeconomic outcomes such as income, education, wealth and financial data over almost the entire life cycle. The three work packages look into the black-box of intergenerational persistence and its impacts on socioeconomic outcomes by considering how such persistence can emerge with reference to three key aspects of human life: birth; school, and labour market entry.
Layman's description
High levels of income inequality and concerns about social mobility are among the topics high in the public debate. Any policies aiming to address existing inequalities, and to promote social mobility by providing equal opportunities to everyone in the society independently of their family background, need to be based on a firm understanding of the drivers that generate these inequalities and their persistence over time. The aim of this project is to study the influence of social origins on individual success addressing the following questions: How does mating someone with the same level of education affect children’s income? How do family financial resources, investments and inherited genetic endowments determine children’s economic well-being? How do parental labour market networks influence the employment choices and income trajectories of children? Providing clear answers to these questions is essential for identifying the sources of inequalities, and for helping the design of policies for promoting equal opportunities to all individuals to succeed in life.
L'acronyme | ORIGINS |
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statut | En cours d'exécution |
Les dates de début/date réelle | 1/03/22 → 28/02/25 |
Financement
- Fonds National de la Recherche
- Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research LISER