GVC Seminar Series No. 9

Patterns and Determinants of Intergenerational Education Mobility: Evidence Across Countries

Hanol Lee

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics­­­­­­­

Venue:  Keyan 429 (科研楼配楼429)  Time:  Apr. 4th 2:30 to 3:30pm

Abstract

This study measures the intergenerational persistence of education attainment, using internationally comparable data for parents’ and children’s education levels by age cohort for 30 countries, and identifies its determinants. The estimated intergenerational regression coefficients show that educational mobility worsened over generations in most countries, but its degrees varies considerably across countries and over time. The country-cohort panel regressions show that intergenerational educational mobility decreases with educational expansion, income inequality and credit constraints, and increases with per-capita GDP. The results also highlight the importance of progressive public expenditure on education for improving intergenerational educational mobility.

Keywords: intergenerational mobility, education, income inequality, education spending, credit constraint

JEL classification codes: E24, I24, O50

Hanol Lee，副教授，现就职于西南财经大学。2017年毕业于韩国高丽大学，获得博士学位。主要研究经济增长，宏观经济学，劳动经济学，教育学。Lee博士目前已经在国际顶尖经济学期刊Journal of Development Economics 发表论文