6 papers
Educational Mobility Across Multiple Generations in Indonesia
Sarah Cattan, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Jan Stuhler +1
Standard intergenerational measures have been shown to understate the long-run persistence of socioeconomic advantages in developed countries. We study theoretically and empiricall…
Indirect Estimators of Intergenerational Mobility
Andrea Del Pizzo, Martin Nybom, Jan Stuhler
This chapter reviews indirect estimators of intergenerational mobility, focusing on approaches that infer parent-child or other family associations when direct income data are inco…
Geographic Variation in Multigenerational Mobility
Martin Nybom, Jan Stuhler
Using complete-count register data spanning three generations, we document spatial patterns in inter- and multi-generational mobility in Sweden. Across municipalities, grandfather-…
Multigenerational Inequality
Jan Stuhler
A growing literature provides evidence on multigenerational inequality -- the extent to which socio-economic advantages persist across three or more generations. This chapter revie…
Exposure to World War II and Its Labor Market Consequences over the Life Cycle
Sebastian T. Braun, Jan Stuhler
With 70 million dead, World War II remains the most devastating conflict in history. Among the survivors, millions were displaced, returned maimed from the battlefield, or endured…
The Economic Consequences of Being Widowed by War: A Life-Cycle Perspective
Sebastian T. Braun, Jan Stuhler
Despite millions of war widows worldwide, little is known about the economic consequences of being widowed by war. We use life history data from West Germany to show that war widow…