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ETHNIC AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY: A STUDY OF 26‐YEAR‐OLDS IN THE USA
Author(s) -
Nguyen Anh,
Haile Getinet,
Taylor Jim
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2005.00355.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , educational attainment , social mobility , occupational mobility , demographic economics , sample (material) , demography , national longitudinal surveys , occupational prestige , longitudinal study , psychology , socioeconomic status , economics , sociology , medicine , economic growth , population , social science , chemistry , chromatography , pathology , anthropology
This paper uses the traditional income framework and a non‐monetary framework to estimate intergenerational mobility in economic status for a sample of 26‐year‐old whites, blacks and Hispanics in the USA using data from the first and fifth sweeps of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (1988 and 2000). Intergenerational income mobility is found to be greater for males than for females, although there are differences between whites, blacks and Hispanics. Transition probabilities indicate that Hispanics are the most upwardly mobile in terms of educational attainment and occupational status. Ordered logits are used to estimate the impact of parental education and occupation on educational and occupational outcomes.