Name-Based Estimators of Intergenerational Mobility

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Santavirta, Torsten; Stuhler, Jan
• 署名单位: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; University of Helsinki; Uppsala University; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueae035
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 2982-3016
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; automated linking; social-mobility; surnames

摘要

Recent studies use names-first and surnames-to estimate intergenerational mobility in sources that lack direct family links. While generating novel evidence on intergenerational transmission processes, it remains unclear how different estimators compare and how reliable they are. This paper evaluates the most popular name-based methods, using newly digitised records from Finland and US census data. We illustrate that their interpretation depends on sampling properties of the data, such as the overlap between the parent and child samples, which differ widely across studies. We correct for the attenuation bias from limited overlap and address other common problems encountered in applications.