Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215200 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12804
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper documents an increasing intergenerational income persistence in China since economic reforms were introduced in 1979. The intergenerational income elasticity increases from 0.390 for the 1970–1980 birth cohort to 0.442 for the 1981–1988 birth cohort; this increase is more evident among urban and coastal residents than rural and inland residents. We also explore how changes in intergenerational income persistence is correlated with market reforms, economic development, and policy changes.
Subjects: 
intergenerational income persistence
economic transition
great gatsby curve
JEL: 
E24
J62
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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