Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically and empirically. The second part addresses individual beliefs regarding the determinants of personal economic success and their effect on income mobility within a society.

List of contents

Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility.- Intergenerational Income Persistence in Germany: the Role of Education and Occupation.- Social Beliefs about Income Mobility and Redistributive Politics.

About the author

Dr. Mareike Schad obtained her doctorate from the Technische Universität München, where she still works at the Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre. Her research interests are distribution policy, education economy and political economy.

Summary

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically and empirically. The second part addresses individual beliefs regarding the determinants of personal economic success and their effect on income mobility within a society.

Product details

• Authors: Mareike Schad
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783658104641
• ISBN: 978-3-658-10464-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 212 mm
• Weight: 252 g
• Illustrations: XV, 172 p. 2 illus.
• Series: Springer Gabler
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business; Finanzwirtschaft, Ökonomie, Wirtschaftspolitik, Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Besteuerung, C, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Economic Policy, Economics, Politik / Recht, Staat, Verwaltung, Parteien, Steuerrecht / Besteuerung, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Distribution Policy; Economic Success; Education Economy; Education Policy; Political Economy, Public Economics, Economics and Finance, Management science, Public finance, Public finance & taxation