Occupational Prestige and Fathers’ Influence on Sons and Daughters

García-Mainar, Inmaculada (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Montuenga, Víctor M. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This article aims to provide insights into the intergenerational social mobility of Spanish workers, comparing the occupational prestige of sons and daughters to that of their fathers when the offspring were aged sixteen. We used a pooled-sample for the years 2007–2010, from a nationally representative data base, the Spanish Quality of Working Life Survey, to compute transition matrices, and to estimate the intergenerational elasticity of occupational prestige, considering differences by gender and age group. Our results confirmed that mobility in Spain is in the medium range, from an international perspective, and is slightly higher for daughters than for sons. By age, the younger generation presents an upward jump in prestige with respect to the older generation, along with lower values of intergenerational elasticity. This suggests that the father’s effect may be weakening across generations. It is notable that our conclusions held after passing a series of robustness checks.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1007/s10834-020-09677-w

Año: 2020

Publicado en: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 41 (2020), 706–728
ISSN: 1058-0476

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.71 - Social Psychology (Q2) - Economics and Econometrics (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/UZ2018-SOC-01

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)