ERIC Number: EJ1485618
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Publication Date: 2025-Nov
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ISSN: ISSN-0049-1241
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Geographic Variation in Multigenerational Mobility
Sociological Methods & Research, v54 n4 p1532-1575 2025
Using complete-count register data spanning three generations, we document spatial patterns in inter- and multi-generational mobility in Sweden. Across municipalities, grandfather-child correlations in education or earnings tend to be larger than the square of the parent-child correlations, suggesting that the latter understate status transmission in the long run. Yet, conventional parent-child correlations capture regional "differences" in long-run transmission and therefore remain useful for comparative purposes. We further find that the within-country association between mobility and income inequality (the "Great Gatsby Curve") is at least as strong in the multi- as in the inter-generational case. Interpreting those patterns through the lens of a latent factor model, we find that regional differences in mobility primarily reflect variation in the transmission of latent advantages, rather than in how those advantages translate into observed outcomes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generational Differences, Mobility, Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Geographic Regions, Differences, Educational Background, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Wages, Factor Analysis, Income
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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Author Affiliations: 1IFAU, Uppsala, Sweden; 2Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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