Recent Developments in Research on Intergenerational Mobility

University of Edinburgh

Sunday 29 June
Conference Papers

Mobility Comparisons

9.30 am: Thomas Dohmen*, Armin Falk, David Huffman and Uwe Sunde
'The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes'
Discussant: Wen-Hao Chen, Statistics Canada

10.45 am: Jason Long* (Colby College) Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University)
‘Everything in Common...But the Language’?: Intergenerational Mobility in Britain and the U.S. Since 1850
Discussant: Maia Güell, University of Edinburgh and UPF

12.00 pm: Erik Plug* (University of Amsterdam) Mikael Lindahl (Uppsala University) Helena Holmlund (CEP-LSE)
Estimating Intergenerational Schooling Effects: A Comparison of Methods
Discussant: Gary Solon, Michigan State University

1.05 pm: Lunch


Note: For each paper: 45 minutes presentation; 10 discussant; 10 general discussion; 10 minutes break (unless it is the last paper).