Inequality and Opportunity The Relationship Between Income Inequality and Intergenerational Transmission of Income

• Main Author: Perez-Arce, Francisco (auth)
• Other Authors: Amaral, Ernesto F. L. (auth), Huang, Haijing (auth), Price, Carter C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2016
• Subjects: Development economics & emerging economies; Economic theory & philosophy; Family & relationships; Business; Economics; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The authors review recent trends in inequality in outcomes and opportunity and present evidence on their correlation across countries and within countries across time, then present a framework to understand the mechanisms underlying the relationship between inequalities in income and opportunity and...