TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns and determinants of intergenerational educational mobility
T2 - Evidence across countries
AU - Lee, Hanol
AU - Lee, Jong Wha
N1 - Funding Information:
The research is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 230410004005040120, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics). Funding information
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - This study analyses the patterns and determinants of the intergenerational persistence of education attainment. Internationally comparable data are used by age cohort for parentsʼ and childrenʼs education levels for 30 countries. The intergenerational regression coefficients are estimated by explicitly considering the bias from the censored regressor, and they show that educational mobility has worsened over generations in most countries. However, the degree of change varies considerably across countries and over time. Country-cohort panel regressions are performed using the estimates of intergenerational educational mobility and covariates. The results show that intergenerational educational mobility tends to decrease with income inequality, inflation and credit constraints. However, it increases with per capita GDP and public expenditure on primary education relative to that on tertiary education.
AB - This study analyses the patterns and determinants of the intergenerational persistence of education attainment. Internationally comparable data are used by age cohort for parentsʼ and childrenʼs education levels for 30 countries. The intergenerational regression coefficients are estimated by explicitly considering the bias from the censored regressor, and they show that educational mobility has worsened over generations in most countries. However, the degree of change varies considerably across countries and over time. Country-cohort panel regressions are performed using the estimates of intergenerational educational mobility and covariates. The results show that intergenerational educational mobility tends to decrease with income inequality, inflation and credit constraints. However, it increases with per capita GDP and public expenditure on primary education relative to that on tertiary education.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-0106.12342
DO - 10.1111/1468-0106.12342
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089137683
VL - 26
SP - 70
EP - 90
JO - Pacific Economic Review
JF - Pacific Economic Review
SN - 1361-374X
IS - 1
ER -
