Like Father Like Son? Intergenerational Immobility in England, 1851-1911
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ziming Zhu, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Project Citation:
Zhu, Ziming. Like Father Like Son? Intergenerational Immobility in England, 1851-1911. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-11-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E195292V1
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Summary:
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This is the replication package for "Like Father Like Son? Intergenerational Immobility in England, 1851-1911" in the Journal of Economic History.
Abstract of the paper:
This paper uses a new linked sample constructed from full-count census data of 1851-1911 to revise estimates of intergenerational occupational mobility in England. I find that conventional estimates of intergenerational elasticities are attenuated by classical measurement error and severely underestimate the extent of father-son association in socioeconomic status. Instrumenting one measure of the father’s outcome with a second measure of the father’s outcome raises the intergenerational elasticities (β) of occupational status from 0.4 to 0.6-0.7. Victorian England was therefore a society of limited social mobility. The long-run evolution and international comparisons of social mobility in England are discussed.
Abstract of the paper:
This paper uses a new linked sample constructed from full-count census data of 1851-1911 to revise estimates of intergenerational occupational mobility in England. I find that conventional estimates of intergenerational elasticities are attenuated by classical measurement error and severely underestimate the extent of father-son association in socioeconomic status. Instrumenting one measure of the father’s outcome with a second measure of the father’s outcome raises the intergenerational elasticities (β) of occupational status from 0.4 to 0.6-0.7. Victorian England was therefore a society of limited social mobility. The long-run evolution and international comparisons of social mobility in England are discussed.
Funding Sources:
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London School of Economics and Political Science
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Economic History;
Intergenerational Mobility
Geographic Coverage:
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England
Time Period(s):
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1851 – 1911
Collection Date(s):
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2021 – 2023
Universe:
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Men born in England, aged 5-15 at the start of the period.
Data Type(s):
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census/enumeration data
Collection Notes:
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Linked Census Data
Methodology
Sampling:
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Automated Census Linking
Data Source:
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Integrated Census
Microdata (I-CeM),UK Data Service SN 7481
I-CeM Names and Addresses, UK Data Service SN 7856
I-CeM Names and Addresses, UK Data Service SN 7856
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Individual
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