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Intergenerational Mobility
“One generation's economic position may remain present in the next generation's opportunities.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Intergenerational mobility compares children's outcomes with those of their families. Absolute and relative mobility answer different questions, and estimates depend on data, age, measure, and country.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
A whole generation may earn more than its parents while preserving almost the same relative income ranking.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
A national rate predicts no individual's fate and cannot by itself separate merit, policy, family, and luck.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
State whether you measure absolute improvement or rank change and which generations are compared.