RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 When Measure Matters
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 589
OP 607
DO 10.3368/jhr.53.3.0216-7737R1
VO 53
IS 3
A1 Emran, M. Shahe
A1 Greene, William
A1 Shilpi, Forhad
YR 2018
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/53/3/589.abstract
AB Biases from truncation caused by coresidency restriction have been a challenge for research on intergenerational mobility. Estimates of intergenerational schooling persistence from two data sets show that the intergenerational regression coefficient, the most widely used measure, is severely biased downward in coresident samples. But the bias in intergenerational correlation is much smaller and is less sensitive to the coresidency rate. The paper provides explanations for these results. Comparison of intergenerational mobility based on the intergenerational regression coefficient across countries, gender, and over time can be misleading. Much progress on intergenerational mobility in developing countries can be made with the available data by focusing on intergenerational correlation.