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The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the "Great Gatsby Curve" in Brazil
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Abstract This paper explores the variation in intergenerational educational mobility across the Brazilian states based on univariate econometric techniques. The analysis of the national household survey (PNAD-2014) confirms a strong variation in mobility among the 27 federative units in Brazil and demonstrat... view more
This paper explores the variation in intergenerational educational mobility across the Brazilian states based on univariate econometric techniques. The analysis of the national household survey (PNAD-2014) confirms a strong variation in mobility among the 27 federative units in Brazil and demonstrates a significant correlation between mobility and income inequality. In this sense, this work presents empirical evidence for the existence of the "Great Gatsby curve" within a single country: states with greater income disparities present higher levels of persistence in educational levels across generations. Finally, the paper investigates one specific mechanism behind this correlation: whether higher income inequality might lead to lower investment in human capital among children from socially vulnerable households. The paper delivers robust and compelling results showing that children born into families where the parents have not completed primary education have a statistically significant reduction in their chance of completing the educational system if they live in states with a higher level of income inequality.... view less
Keywords
Latin America; Brazil; mobility; education; vocational training system; Intergenerational relations; old age; econometrics; analysis; income; inequality; educational inequality; social inequality; difference in income; age difference; wage difference; regional difference; correlation; child; intergenerational mobility; human capital
Classification
Sociology of Education
Free Keywords
Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (PNAD)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1227-1251
Journal
Review of Development Economics, 26 (2022) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12880
ISSN
1467-9361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed