Germany's stalled social mobility

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'. CEPR