The Decline in Intergenerational Mobility after 1980

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Davis, Jonathan M. V.; Mazumder, Bhashkar
• 署名单位: University of Oregon; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Chicago
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01413
• 发表日期: 2026
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; income; TRENDS; opportunity; INEQUALITY; FAMILY; rise

摘要

Relative intergenerational mobility declined for cohorts born around 1960 compared to those born around 1950. The former entered the labor market after the rise in inequality around 1980, while the latter entered the labor market earlier. We show that the rank-rank slope rose from 0.25 to 0.36 and the intergenerational elasticity increased from 0.28 to 0.45. These increases are more pronounced for men than for women. Increases in returns to schooling and in the gradient in the likelihood of marriage by parent income are contributors to increased intergenerational persistence.