Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy

ISBN-13: 9783658104641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 172 str.

Mareike Schad

Opis

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically and empirically.

Spis treści

Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility.- Intergenerational Income Persistence in Germany: the Role of Education and Occupation.- Social Beliefs about Income Mobility and Redistributive Politics.

O autorze

Dr. Mareike Schad obtained her doctorate from the Technische Universität München, where she still works at the Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre. Her research interests are distribution policy, education economy and political economy.

Blurb

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically and empirically. The second part addresses individual beliefs regarding the determinants of personal economic success and their effect on income mobility within a society.

 Contents

• Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility
• Intergenerational Income Persistence in Germany: the Role of Education and Occupation
• Social Beliefs about Income Mobility and Redistributive Politics

 Target Groups

• Researchers, students, and practitioners in the fields of economics with a focus on distribution policy, education economy, education policy, political economy

 The Author

Dr. Mareike Schad obtained her doctorate from the Technische Universität München, where she still works at the Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre. Her research interests are distribution policy, education economy and political economy.