Long-Term Intergenerational Persistence of Human Capital: An Empirical Analysis of Four Generations
Long-Term Intergenerational Persistence of Human Capital: An Empirical Analysis of Four Generations
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人力资本的长期代际存续：四代人的实证分析
DOI：
10.1353/jhr.2015.0000
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
A. Sjögren
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文献类型：
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作者：
Mikael Lindahl;Mårten Palme;Sofia Sandgren Massih;A. Sjögren
以往关于人力资本代际传递的研究大多局限于两代人：父母如何影响子女。在这项研究中，我们使用瑞典的数据集，链接个人措施的终身收入为三代人和数据的教育程度为四代人。我们发现，从两代人的数据中获得的估计严重低估了劳动收入和教育程度的长期代际持续性。因此，长期的社会流动性比以前认为的要低得多。我们把这种额外的持久性归因于“王朝人力资本”--比父母更远的家庭成员对人力资本的影响。
Most previous studies of intergenerational transmission of human capital are restricted to two generations: how parents influence their children. In this study, we use a Swedish data set that links individual measures of lifetime earnings for three generations and data on educational attainment for four generations. We find that estimates obtained from data on two generations severely underestimate long-run intergenerational persistence in both labor earnings and educational attainments. Long-run social mobility is hence much lower than previously thought. We attribute this additional persistence to “dynastic human capital” — the influence on human capital of more distant family members than parents.