Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality: The Latin American Case

Torche, Florencia

doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145521

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“…see Hertz et al 2007 3 ; OECD, 2008; Azevedo and Bouillon 2010;Gignoux 2011, 2013;Brunori et al 2013;Torche 2014). In principle, this type of static income inequality across individuals (at a certain point in time) does not have to be bad per se, as the dispersion in earnings could act as a strong incentive for parents to invest in their children's education.…”

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On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

Daude

Robano

2015

Lat Am Econ Rev

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This paper studies intergenerational mobility in Latin America and shows that, in addition to the well-documented fact that the Latin American income distribution is highly unequal, profound differences in opportunities persist from one generation to the next. Comparing final educational achievements for 18 Latin American countries, this paper finds that measures of the persistence in educational achievements across generations, such as beta-and partial correlation coefficients, are high. This persistence is correlated with high returns to education, relatively low progressivity in public investments in education, and inequality of opportunity. An index of inequality of opportunity (including dimensions beyond an individual's control such as race, gender and parental income background) is estimated at around 40 %, which is high by international standards. The paper also explores country differences in intergenerational mobility. While in Costa Rica, circumstances explain below 15 % of the observed variance in education, in Chile, they amount to almost half the explained variance. The findings imply that there is room for targeted redistributive policies that improve intergenerational mobility.

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“…Recently, Torche (2014) discusses the literature on equality of opportunity in a set of studies for Latin America. The review finds that parental education is the most influential circumstance for an individual, concluding that inequality of opportunity is higher in Latin America than in industrial countries.…”

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On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

Daude

Robano

2015

Lat Am Econ Rev

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“…The evidence from Latin America shows that the specific knowledge and skills associated with each additional year of schooling may not have triggered the expected postponement of family transitions. Access to education and, in particular, to quality education is influenced by social factors and, hence, years of schooling do not always mean more opportunities for social and economic progress (BID 1998;Hoffman and Centeno 2003;Juá rez and Gayet 2014;Torche 2014). This is consistent with the fact that a relative measure of education based on quartiles of years of schooling is much more consistent with the pattern of stability (Esteve and Florez-Paredes 2014).…”

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Unequal Family Lives

2018

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Across the Americas and Europe, the family has changed and marriage is in retreat. To answer the question of what is driving these changes and how they impact social and economic inequality, progressives have typically focused on the economic causes of changing family structures, whereas conservatives tend to stress cultural and policy roots. In this illuminating book, an international group of scholars revisit these issues, offering competing and contrasting perspectives from left, center, and right, while also adding a third layer of analysis: namely, the role of gender -changes in women's roles, male employment patterns, and gendered family responsibilities -in driving family change across three continents. Unequal Family Lives: Causes and Consequences in Europe and the Americas adds richness and depth to our understanding of the relationship between family and economics in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at http://dx

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“…Ou seja, observa-se uma amarra muito mais forte no papel que a educação pode atuar no script da desigualdade social no Brasil do que em outros países (TORCHE, 2014). Outra grande contribuição foi entender a desigualdade de renda a partir dos que detém a renda e não dos que são excluídos (MEDEIROS, 2006).…”

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Desigualdades e estratificação: analisando sociedades em mudança

Fernandes¹,

Salata²,

Carvalhaes³

2018

RBS

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RESUMOO presente artigo apresenta uma avaliação da linha de pesquisa Estratificação ou Desigualdade Social, o seu impacto na produção acadêmica Brasileira e quais as contribuições que o Grupo de Trabalho da SBS, de nome homônimo, trouxe para o debate sociológico recente. É feito um balanço da produção acadêmica apresentada no Grupo de Trabalho Estratificação e Mobilidade Social, levando em consideração os artigos apresentados nos úl-timos Congressos da Sociedade Brasileira de Sociologia -SBS. Os principais avanços teóricos e metodológicos promovidos por essas análises são avaliados a partir da interação com a publicação nacional e internacional. Além de observar as principais debilidades teóricas e metodológicas apresentadas pela área até o momento, pontua-se a contribuição para a sociologia brasileira enquanto disciplina científica e seus desdobramentos para as novas gerações de Cientistas Sociais. Por fim, a inserção da contribuição do GT no *

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Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality: The Latin American Case

Cited by 159 publications

References 107 publications

On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America

Unequal Family Lives

Desigualdades e estratificação: analisando sociedades em mudança

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