ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Mobility, Sorting and Inequality with Extended Kinship Data
Recent research suggests that socioeconomic differences between families are more persistent, and possibly much more persistent, than previously thought. Motivated by these findings, my research program aims to develop a conceptual and empirical framework of intergenerational transmission that allows us to understand the persistence of socioeconomic status over different time horizons, the contribution of spousal sorting to this persistence, and the implications for socioeconomic inequality. The program consists of three related research objectives: Objective I is to develop a unified theoretical framework that integrates traditional mobility measures, such as parent-child and sibling…
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