- Gary Solon
- Spring/Summer 2017
- Focus-33-2b
- Link to foc332b (PDF)
- Link to foc332sup (PDF)
This article presents a brief overview of current knowledge about intergenerational persistence of economic status in the United States, that is, the extent to which position in the income distribution is passed from one generation to the next.
Categories
Inequality & Mobility, Intergenerational Poverty