Intergenerational Mobility across Multiple Generations in the United States, 1850-1940

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Claudia Olivetti, Boston College; M. Daniele Paserman, Boston University; Laura Salisbury, York University (Canada)

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allreg_output.dta application/x-stata 10 KB 07/03/2018 09:11:AM
linked_50_80_10.dta application/x-stata 218.9 KB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
linked_60_80_00.dta application/x-stata 298.6 KB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_50_80_10_gdau.dta application/x-stata 3.9 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_50_80_10_gson.dta application/x-stata 5.7 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_50_80_10_son_gson.dta application/x-stata 2.9 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_60_80_00_dau_gdau.dta application/x-stata 1.5 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_60_80_00_dau_gson.dta application/x-stata 2.6 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_60_80_00_gdau.dta application/x-stata 3.2 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM
pseudopanel_60_80_00_gdau_mwest.dta application/x-stata 1.3 MB 07/03/2018 08:37:AM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
This file contains code and data files which replicate the tables in our manuscript, "Three-generation mobility in the United States, 1850-1940: The Role of Maternal and Paternal Grandparents," to be published in Explorations in Economic History. This paper estimates intergenerational elasticities across three generations, for both men and women, using a methodology that exploits the socioeconomic content of first names.

The title of each do files indicates which table it creates. All data files are thoroughly labeled.

The do files call a number of data files which are not posted. These files contain microdata from a 1% sample of the 1940 Full Count Census, with first names included, which was made available by IPUMS and ancestry.com. As these data are proprietary, we cannot post them here; however, they are accessible on a secure server at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and researchers wishing to obtain access to this server should contact us for details.


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Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States


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