More Equal but Less Mobile?
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@MISC{And_moreequal,
author = {Education Financing And and C Aldo Rustichini and Aldo Rustichini and Aldo Rustichini and Andrea Ichino and Andrea Ichino and Andrea Ichino and Istituto Universitario Europeo and Daniele Checchi and Daniele Checchi and Daniele Checchi},
title = {More Equal but Less Mobile?},
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Abstract
A state school system should be expected to reduce income inequality and to make intergenerational mobility easier. It is therefore somewhat surprising to observe that Italy, in comparison to the US, displays less inequality between occupational incomes but a lower degree of intergenerational upward mobility not only between occupations but also between education levels. In this paper we provide evidence on this empirical puzzle and we oer one theoretical explanation building around the idea that even if in Italy moving up the social ladder is easier, the incentive to move may be lower making mobility less likely. JEL Classication: I22, J62. Keywords: education nancing, intergenerational mobility. Address correspondence to: Andrea Ichino, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Via dei Roccettini 9, 50016 San Domenico di Fiesole, Firenze, Italia, e-mail: ichino@datacomm.iue.it. We would like to thank Daron Acemoglu, Anthony Atkinson, Roland Benabou, Giuseppe Bertola, Alex Cukierman, Fr...
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le mobile intergenerational mobility giuseppe bertola occupational income san domenico anthony atkinson education level education nancing istituto universitario europeo via dei roccettini intergenerational upward mobility empirical puzzle income inequality address correspondence daron acemoglu roland benabou social ladder state school system theoretical explanation building ichino datacomm jel classication alex cukierman andrea ichino
