A Different Land of Opportunity: The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the Early Twentieth-Century United States
中文摘要
美国代际流动的地理格局是否随时间而变化?通过构建一个大规模的历史链接样本,我发现二十世纪早期的向上流动在沿海和工业地区成长的人群中更高,这与较近时期形成对比——在较近时期,流动性在成长于美国中部的人群中更高。这些历史模式并非由记录链接的不完善或经济地位的测量误差所驱动。
Abstract
Has the geography of intergenerational mobility in the United States changed over time? Constructing a large historical linked sample, I show that upward mobility in the early twentieth century was greater for those who grew up in the coastal and industrial regions, in contrast to more recent times, where mobility is higher among persons who were raised in the middle of the country. The historical patterns are not driven by imperfections in record linkage or measurement error in economic status.