JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10725) J - Labor and Demographic Economics (1981) J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies (478) J62 - Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility (85)
Number of items at this level: 85.
2026
  • Brunori, Paolo, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Salas Rojo, Pedro (2026). Inherited inequality and the distribution of opportunities in the United States, China, India, and South Africa. (III Working Paper 160). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/researchonline.lse.ac.uk.00137083
    • 2025
  • Antonie, Luiza, Inwood, Kris, Minns, Chris, Summerfield, Fraser (2025). The geography of economic mobility in 19th century Canada. Canadian Journal of Economics, [In Press] picture_as_pdf
  • Brunori, Paolo, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Neidhöfer, Guido (2025). Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational persistence in Latin America. Oxford Open Economics, 4(Supplement_1), i167 – i199. https://doi.org/10.1093/ooec/odae021 picture_as_pdf
  • Buscha, Franz, Gorman, Emma, Sturgis, Patrick, Zhang, Min (2025). Ethnic differences in intergenerational housing mobility in England and Wales. Journal of Social Policy, 54(2), 611 - 631. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279423000570 picture_as_pdf
  • Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Brunori, Paolo, Neidhöfer, Guido, Salas-Rojo, Pedro, Sirugue, Louis (2025). Inherited inequality in Latin America. (III Working Paper 154). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.hq3w372vbpdv picture_as_pdf
  • Gil-Hernández, Carlos J., Salas-Rojo, Pedro, Vidal, Guillem, Villani, Davide (2025). Wealth and income stratification by social class in five European countries. Social Indicators Research, 178(2), 817 - 841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03532-x picture_as_pdf
  • Sallai, Dorottya, Hill, Ian (2025). Socio-economic background and career progression within the UK Civil Service. In Sallai, D. & Pepper, A. (Eds.), Navigating the 21st Century Business World: Case Studies in Management (pp. 251 - 266). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.nbw.r picture_as_pdf
    • 2024
  • Antonie, Luiza, Inwood, Kris, Minns, Chris, Summerfield, Fraser (2024). The geography of economic mobility in 19th century Canada. (Economic History Working Papers 373). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Barrios-Fernández, Andrés, Neilson, Christopher, Zimmerman, Seth (2024). Elite universities and the intergenerational transmission of human and social capital. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2026). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Clark, Gregory, Cummins, Neil, Curtis, Mathew (2024). Three new occupational status indices for England and Wales, 1800-1939. Historical Methods: a Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 57(1), 41 - 66. https://doi.org/10.1080/01615440.2024.2368458 picture_as_pdf
  • Manduca, Robert, Hell, Maximilian, Adermon, Adrian, Blanden, Jo, Bratberg, Espen, C. Gielen, Anne, Van Kippersluis, Hans, Bok Lee, Keun, Machin, Stephen & D. Munk, Martin et al (2024). Measuring absolute income mobility: lessons from North America and Europe. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 16(2), 1 - 30. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210137 picture_as_pdf
    • 2023
  • Battiston, Diego Ezequiel, Maurer, Stephan Ernst, Potlogea, Andrei, Rodríguez Mora, José V. (2023). The dynamics of the 'Great Gatsby Curve' and a look at the curve during the Great Gatsby era. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1928). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bell, Brian, Blundell, Jack, Machin, Stephen (2023). Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 125(1), 73-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12511 picture_as_pdf
  • Blanden, Jo, Eyles, Andrew, Machin, Stephen (2023). Intergenerational home ownership. Journal of Economic Inequality, 21(2), 251 - 275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-023-09563-z picture_as_pdf
  • Brunori, Paolo, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Neidhöfer, Guido (2023). Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational persistence in Latin America. (III Working Papers 109). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.x1m4dqu2pt12 picture_as_pdf
  • Brunori, Paolo, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Salas Rojo, Pedro (2023). Inherited inequality: a general framework and an application to South Africa. (III Working Papers 107). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.h826u92ukl8l
  • Clark, Andrew Eric, Cotofan, Maria Alexandra (2023). Are the upwardly mobile more left-wing? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1938). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Faia, Ester, Ottaviano, Gianmarco Ireo Paolo, Spinella, Saverio (2023). Robot adoption, worker-firm sorting and wage inequality: evidence from administrative panel data. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1902). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • McNeil, Andrew, Luca, Davide, Lee, Neil (2023). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK. Journal of Urban Economics, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103571 picture_as_pdf
  • Palencia-Esteban, Amaia, Salas Rojo, Pedro (2023). Intergenerational mobility and life satisfaction in Spain. In Mobility and Inequality: Trends Research on Economic Inequality (pp. 109-137). https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-258520230000030004 picture_as_pdf
  • Shahe Emran, M., Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Jiang, Yajing, Sun, Yan (2023). Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy: evidence from China and India. Journal of Economic Inequality, 21(3), 743 - 773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-023-09599-1 picture_as_pdf
    • 2022
  • Antonie, Luiza, Inwood, Kris, Minns, Chris, Summerfield, Fraser (2022). Intergenerational mobility in a mid-Atlantic economy: Canada,1871-1901. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1003 - 1029. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050722000353 picture_as_pdf
  • Bukowski, Paweł, Clark, Gregory, Gáspár, Attila, Pető, Rita (2022). Social mobility and political regimes: intergenerational mobility in Hungary, 1949–2017. Journal of Population Economics, 35(4), 1551 - 1588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00875-w picture_as_pdf
  • Camarero Garcia, Sebastian (2022). Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity. Labour Economics, 74, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102084 picture_as_pdf
  • Fjaellegaard Jensen, Mathias, Manning, Alan (2022). Background matters, but not whether parents are immigrants: outcomes of children born in Denmark. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1880). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • McNeil, Andrew, Lee, Neil, Luca, Davide (2022). The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic conditions, political attitudes, and long-term individual economic outcomes in the UK. (III Working Papers 76). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.zjjkxj4mn4d3 picture_as_pdf
  • Nishizaki, Sumiyo (2022). From Manchuria to post-war Japan knowledge transfer through in-house training at the South Manchuria Railway Company (SMR). (Economic History Working Papers 336). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Takeda, Kohei (2022). The geography of structural transformation: effects on inequality and mobility. (CEP Discussion Papers 1893). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Zhu, Ziming (2022). Like father like son? Intergenerational immobility in England, 1851-1911. (Economic History working paper series 349). Department of Economic History, The London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
    • 2021
  • Antonie, Luiza, Inwood, Kris, Minns, Chris, Summerfield, Fraser (2021). Intergenerational mobility in a mid-Atlantic economy: Canada, 1871-1901. (Economic History Working Papers 319). London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Bukowski, Pawel, Clark, Gregory, Gáspár, Attila, Peto, Rita (2021). Social mobility and political regimes: intergenerational mobility in Hungary, 1949-2017. (III Working Papers). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.q1qwppsi42y0 picture_as_pdf
  • Eyles, Andrew, Blanden, Jo, Machin, Stephen (2021). Trends in intergenerational home ownership and wealth transmission. (CEP Discussion Papers 1756). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Major, Lee Elliott, Eyles, Andrew, Machin, Stephen (2021). Unequal learning and labour market losses in the crisis: consequences for social mobility. (CEP Discussion Papers 1748). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
    • 2020
  • Graetz, Georg, Öckert, Björn, Nordström Skans, Oskar (2020). Family background and the responses to higher SAT scores. (CEP Discussion Papers 1698). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Mion, Giordano, Opromolla, Luca David, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2020). Dream jobs. (CEP Discussion Papers 1705). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Shahe Emran, M., Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Jiang, Yajing, Sun, Yan (2020). Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy: evidence from China and India. (III Working paper 52). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.ta0lqbykeuji picture_as_pdf
    • 2019
  • Bosquet, Clément, Overman, Henry G. (2019). Why does birthplace matter so much? Journal of Urban Economics, 110, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.01.003 picture_as_pdf
  • Duque, Magali, Mcknight, Abigail (2019). Understanding the relationship between inequalities and poverty: a review of dynamic mechanisms. (CASEpapers 217). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. picture_as_pdf
  • Edin, Per-Anders, Evans, Tiernan, Graetz, Georg, Hernnäs, Sofia, Michaels, Guy (2019). Individual consequences of occupational decline. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1629). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Monastiriotis, Vassilis, Macchiarelli, Corrado, Lampropoulou, Nikolitsa (2019). Transition dynamics in European labour markets during crisis and recovery. Comparative Economic Studies, 61(2), 213 - 234. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41294-019-00084-1 description
  • Nishizaki, Sumiyo (2019). Economic experiences of Japanese civilian repatriates in Hiroshima prefecture, 1945-1956. (Economic history working papers 299). Department of Economic History, The London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
    • 2018
  • Bell, Brian, Blundell, Jack, Machin, Stephen (2018). The changing geography of intergenerational mobility. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1591). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bowen, Alex, Kuralbayeva, Karlygash, Tipoe, Eileen L. (2018). Characterising green employment: the impacts of 'greening' on workforce composition. Energy Economics, 72, 263-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.03.015
  • Bryson, John R., Green, Anne, Collinson, Simon, Sevinc, Deniz (2018). England's qualifications gap and its solutions: evidence from the West Midlands. picture_as_pdf
  • Colmer, Jonathan (2018). Weather, labor reallocation and industrial production: evidence from India. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1544). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
    • 2017
  • Karagiannaki, Eleni (2017). The effect of parental wealth on children’s outcomes in early adulthood. Journal of Economic Inequality, 15(3), 217-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-017-9350-1
    • 2016
  • Bosquet, Clément, Overman, Henry G. (2016). Why does birthplace matter so much? Sorting, learning and geography. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0190). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Pinchbeck, Ted (2016). Taking care of the budget? Practice-level outcomesduring commissioning reforms in England. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0192). Spatial Economics Research Centre.
  • Schalk, Ruben, Wallis, Patrick, Crowston, Clare, Lemercier, Claire (2016). Failure or flexibility? exits from apprenticeship training in pre-modern Europe. (Economic History Working Papers 252/2016). London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department.
    • 2015
  • Bryson, Alex, Gomez, Rafael, Zhang, Tingting (2015). All-Star or benchwarmer? relative age, cohort size and career success in the NHL. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1327). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Chen, Yuyu, Naidu, Suresh, Yu, Tinghua, Yuchtman, Noam (2015). Intergenerational mobility and institutional change in 20th century China. Explorations in Economic History, 58, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2015.07.001 picture_as_pdf
  • Gordon, Ian R. (2015). Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator. Regional Studies, 49(6), 1042-1055. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.799767
    • 2014
  • Blanden, Jo, Haveman, Robert, Smeeding, Timothy M., Wilson, Kathryn (2014). Intergenerational mobility in the United States and Great Britain: a comparative study of parent-child pathways. Review of Income and Wealth, 60(3), 425-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12032
  • Bryson, Alex, Gomez, Rafael, Zhang, Ting (2014). All-star or benchwarmer? Relative age, cohort size and career success in the NHL. (NIESR Discussion Paper 441). National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
  • Chongvilaivan, Aekapol, Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2014). Do different work characteristics have different distributional impacts on job satisfaction? a study of slope heterogeneity in workers’ well-being. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 52(3), 426-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00904.x
  • Dickson, Matt, Gregg, Paul, Robinson, Harriet (2014). Early, late or never? When does parental education impact child outcomes? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1295). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
    • 2013
  • Blanden, Jo (2013). Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology. Journal of Economic Surveys, 27(1), 38-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6419.2011.00690.x
  • Champion, Tony, Coombes, Mike, Gordon, Ian R. (2013). How far do England’s second-order cities emulate London as human-capital ‘escalators’? (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0132). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Clark, Andrew Eric, D'Angelo, Emanuela (2013). Upward social mobility, well-being and political preferences: evidence from the BHPS. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1252). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Clark, Gregory, Cummins, Neil (2013). Intergenerational mobility in England, 1858-2012. Wealth, surnames, and social mobility. (Economic History working paper series 180/2013). Department of Economic History, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Clark, Gregory, Cummins, Neil (2013). Surnames and social mobility: England 1230-2012. (Economic History working paper series 181/2013). Department of Economic History, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Clark, Andrew E., Georgellis, Yannis (2013). Back to baseline in Britain: adaptation in the British household panel survey. Economica, 80(319), 496-512. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12007
  • Spinnewijn, Johannes (2013). Training and search during unemployment. Journal of Public Economics, 99, 49-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.01.002
    • 2012
  • Gordon, Ian R. (2012). Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator. (SERC Policy Papers 107). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Karagiannaki, Eleni (2012). The effect of parental wealth on children’s outcomes inearly adulthood. (CASEpapers 164). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
    • 2011
  • Iammarino, Simona, Marinelli, Elisabetta (2011). Is the grass greener on the other side of the fence?: graduate mobility and job satisfaction in Italy. Environment and Planning A, 43(11), 2761-2777. https://doi.org/10.1068/a44126
    • 2009
  • Llach, Juan, Adrogué, Cecilia, Gigaglia, María (2009). Do longer school days have enduring educational, occupational, or income effects? A natural experiment in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Economía, 10(1), 1 - 39. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.0.0037 picture_as_pdf
    • 2008
  • Dickens, Richard, McKnight, Abigail (2008). Changes in earnings inequality and mobility in Great Britain 1978/9-2005/6. (CASEpapers 132). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Dickens, Richard, McKnight, Abigail (2008). Changes in earnings inequality and mobility in Great Britain 1978/9-2005/6. (Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers CEPOP21). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Hilber, Christian A. L., Liu, Yingchun (2008). Explaining the black–white homeownership gap: the role of own wealth, parental externalities and locational preferences. Journal of Housing Economics, 17(2), 152-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2008.02.001
    • 2007
  • Fields, Gary S., Duval-Hernández, Robert, Freije, Samuel, Puerta, María Laura Sánchez (2007). Intragenerational income mobility in Latin America. Economía, 7(2), 101 - 143. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2007.0018 picture_as_pdf
  • Hilber, Christian A. L., Liu, Yingchun (2007). Explaining the black-white homeownership gap: the role of own wealth, parental externalities and locational preferences. (Research Papers in Environmental and Spatial Analysis 124). Geography and Environment Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Manning, Alan, Petrongolo, Barbara (2007). The part-time pay penalty for women in Britain. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
    • 2006
  • Blanden, Jo, Gregg, Paul, Macmillan, Lindsey (2006). Accounting for intergenerational income persistence: non-cognitive skills, ability and education. (CEEDP 73). Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • 2003
  • Blanden, Jo, Machin, Stephen (2003). Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 41(3), 391-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8543.00279
  • Hobcraft, John (2003). Continuity and change in pathways to young adult disadvantage: results from a British birth cohort. (CASEpaper 66). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
    • 2002
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H., Cowell, Frank (2002). Intergenerational mobility in Britain : revisiting the prediction approach of Dearden, Machin and Reed. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 62 62). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Blanden, Jo, Goodman, Alissa, Gregg, Paul, Machin, Stephen (2002). Changes in intergenerational mobility in Britain. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0517). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Blanden, Jo, Machin, Stephen (2002). Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain. (CEPDP 553). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Clark, Damon, Fahr, Rene (2002). The promise of workplace training for non-college bound youth: theory and evidence from German apprenticeship. (CEPDP 518). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
    • 2001
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H. (2001). Galtonian regression of intergenerational income linkages: biased procedures, a new estimator and mean-square error comparisons. (DARP 53). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H. (2001). A note on the estimation of intergenerational income correlations by the method of averaging. (DARP 54). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Behrman, Jere R., Gaviria, Alejandro, Székely, Miguel (2001). Intergenerational mobility in Latin America. Economía, 2(1), 1 - 31. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2001.0010 picture_as_pdf
  • Fritzell, Johan, Henz, Ursula (2001). Household income dynamics: mobility out of and into low income over the life-course. In Jonsson, J. & Mills, C. (Eds.), Cradle to Grave: Life-Course Change in Modern Sweden (pp. 184-210). Sociology Press.
    • 1999
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H. (1999). Estimating the intergenerational correlation of incomes: an errors in variables framework. (DARP 44). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.