Intergenerational mobility, sibling inequality and borrowing constraints.

Autor/in	Gaviria, Alejandro
Titel	Intergenerational mobility, sibling inequality and borrowing constraints.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 21 (2002) 4, S. 331-340Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 18; Tabellen 8
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00031-0
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Bildungsniveau; Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Geschwister; Armut; Einkommen; Geschwister; Investition; Soziale Mobilität; USA; Soziale Herkunft; Bildungsinvestition; Bildungsniveau; Armut; Sozioökonomische Lage; Bildungsinvestition; Einkommen; Investition; USA
Abstract	This paper studies differences in social mobility between rich and poor families. The paper shows that borrowing constraints retard social mobility among the poor by preventing poor parents from investing optimally in their children's human capital. This evidence contradicts several recent studies that argue that innate ability is the overriding determinant of socioeconomic performance in the United States. The paper also shows that sibling inequality appears to be independent of parental wealth, which in turn contradicts the predictions of various economic models of resource allocation within the family. (DIPF/Orig.)
Anmerkungen	Analytical framework used: Becker, G.S., Tomes, N.: Human capital and the rise and fall of families, J. of Labour Economics 4(1986)3, S.1-S 39
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2003_(CD)