TY - JOUR
T1 - The lasting impact of grandfathers
T2 - Class, occupational status, and earnings over three generations in Sweden 1815-2011
AU - Dribe, Martin
AU - Helgertz, Jonas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - This article examines socioeconomic mobility across three generations in Sweden from 1815 and until 2011. Using longitudinal micro-level data from the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD), we examine the transmission of socio-economic status along three different dimensions; social class (HISCLASS), occupational status (HISCAM), and earnings. We demonstrate an association between grandfathers' class or occupational status and the outcome of grandsons, when controlling for the association between fathers and sons. The associations remain stable over time and are stronger for paternal grandfathers than for maternal. For earnings, we find no grandparental association.
AB - This article examines socioeconomic mobility across three generations in Sweden from 1815 and until 2011. Using longitudinal micro-level data from the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD), we examine the transmission of socio-economic status along three different dimensions; social class (HISCLASS), occupational status (HISCAM), and earnings. We demonstrate an association between grandfathers' class or occupational status and the outcome of grandsons, when controlling for the association between fathers and sons. The associations remain stable over time and are stronger for paternal grandfathers than for maternal. For earnings, we find no grandparental association.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0022050716000991
DO - 10.1017/S0022050716000991
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84996536745
SN - 0022-0507
VL - 76
SP - 969
EP - 1000
JO - Journal of Economic History
JF - Journal of Economic History
IS - 4
ER -