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Germany's stalled social mobility

Sebastian Findeisen [1], Paul Schüle [2] interviewed by Tim Phillips [3], 10 December 2021

New research uses German census data to track the association between success for a child and the earnings of the parent at a much higher level of detail than was previously possible. Sebastian Findeisen and Paul Schüle tell Tim Phillips about the impact of investment in education, intended to improve social mobility.

Read more about the research behind this and download the free discussion paper:

Dodin, M, Findeisen, S, Henkel, L, Sachs, D and Schuele, P. 2021. 'Social Mobility in Germany [4]'. CEPR

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Topics:  Education [8] Labour markets [9]

Tags:  Intergenerational Mobility [10], social mobility [11], Germany [12], educational attainment [13], Local Labor Markets [14]

Source URL: https://voxeu.org/vox-talks/germanys-stalled-social-mobility

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[1] https://voxeu.org/user/224156
[2] https://voxeu.org/user/294543
[3] https://voxeu.org/user/250023
[4] https://cepr.online/Germany-social-mobility
[5] itpc://www.voxeu.org/rss.php?q=itunes_podcast
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/socioeconomic-gap-childcare-enrolment
[7] https://voxeu.org/article/early-childhood-education-and-social-mobility
[8] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/education
[9] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/labour-markets
[10] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/436
[11] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/3155
[12] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/45
[13] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/915
[14] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/12725