职业与代际收入流动性
Careers and Intergenerational Income Mobility
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2024 · [{"name": "Catherine Haeck", "affiliation": ["Université du Québec à Montréal"]}, {"name": "Jean‐William Laliberté", "affiliation": ["University of Calgary"]}]
中文摘要
本文使用与税收记录相链接的人口普查微观数据，量化职业对代际收入流动性的贡献。我们记录了按父母收入划分的显著职业隔离：高收入父母的子女显著更可能从事高薪且更理想的职业。由于父母可能将其职业传递给子女，我们进一步描述了代际职业跟随的模式，发现这些模式在不同职业间存在显著差异，其中低收入职业平均而言表现出更强的代际持续性。然而，职业持续性对收入流动性的作用有限，仅能解释收入等级-等级关系的10%。(JEL J13, J16, J31, J62)
Abstract
This paper uses census microdata linked with tax records to quantify the contribution of occupations to intergenerational income mobility. We document substantial segregation into occupations by parental income. Children of high-income parents are significantly more likely to pursue high-paying and more desirable occupations. Since parents may pass on their occupations to their children, we further describe patterns of intergenerational occupational following and show they vary substantially across occupations, with low-income occupations showing more persistence across generations on average. Yet, occupational persistence plays a limited role for income mobility, explaining only 10 percent of the income rank-rank relationship. (JEL J13, J16, J31, J62)