Intergenerational earnings mobility and equality of opportunity in South Africa

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dc.creatorPiraino, Patrizio
dc.date2014-05-22T14:13:57Z
dc.date2014-05-22T14:13:57Z
dc.date2014-05
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:36Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThe paper estimates the degree of intergenerational earnings persistence in South Africa. It explores the link between this measure of social mobility and an index of inequality of opportunity. Using microdata from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), the paper finds that intergenerational earnings mobility in South Africa is low. In addition, a limited set of inherited circumstances explains a significant fraction of earnings inequality among male adults. Adding South Africa to the existing international literature supports the hypothesis that low levels of intergenerational mobility and equality of opportunity are emblematic of high-inequality emerging economies.
dc.identifier978-1-920517-72-4
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/696
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Intergenerational earnings mobility KW - inequality of opportunity LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Intergenerational earnings mobility and equality of opportunity in South Africa TI - Intergenerational earnings mobility and equality of opportunity in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/696 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/696
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationSaldru Working Paper;131
dc.subjectIntergenerational earnings mobility
dc.subjectinequality of opportunity
dc.titleIntergenerational earnings mobility and equality of opportunity in South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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