TY - JOUR
T1 - And Yet It Moves
T2 - Intergenerational Mobility in Italy
AU - Acciari, Paolo
AU - Polo, Alberto
AU - Violante, Giovanni L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We estimate intergenerational income mobility in Italy using administrative data from tax returns. Our estimates of mobility are higher than prior work using survey data and indirect methods. The rankrank slope of parent-child income is 0.22, compared to 0.18 in Denmark and 0.34 in the United States. The probability that a child reaches the top quintile of the national income distribution starting from a family in the bottom quintile is 0.11. We uncover substantial geographical variation: upward mobility is much stronger in northern Italy, where provinces have higher measured school quality, more stable families, and more favorable labor market conditions.
AB - We estimate intergenerational income mobility in Italy using administrative data from tax returns. Our estimates of mobility are higher than prior work using survey data and indirect methods. The rankrank slope of parent-child income is 0.22, compared to 0.18 in Denmark and 0.34 in the United States. The probability that a child reaches the top quintile of the national income distribution starting from a family in the bottom quintile is 0.11. We uncover substantial geographical variation: upward mobility is much stronger in northern Italy, where provinces have higher measured school quality, more stable families, and more favorable labor market conditions.
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U2 - 10.1257/app.20210151
DO - 10.1257/app.20210151
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133518005
SN - 1945-7782
VL - 14
SP - 118
EP - 163
JO - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
JF - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IS - 3
ER -