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Family, Community and Long-Term Socio-Economic Inequality: Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers

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  • Paul Bingley
  • Lorenzo Cappellari
  • Konstantinos Tatsiramos

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Using administrative data for the population of Danish men and women, we develop an empirical model which accounts for the joint earnings dynamics of siblings and youth community peers. We provide the first decomposition of the sibling correlation of permanent earnings into family and community effects allowing for life-cycle dynamics and extending the analysis to consider other outcomes. We find that family is the most important factor influencing sibling correlations of earnings, education and unemployment. Community background matters for shaping the sibling correlation of earnings and unemployment early in the working life, but its importance quickly diminishes.

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  • Paul Bingley & Lorenzo Cappellari & Konstantinos Tatsiramos, 2021. "Family, Community and Long-Term Socio-Economic Inequality: Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 131(636), pages 1515-1554.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:econjl:v:131:y:2021:i:636:p:1515-1554.
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    1. Bingley, Paul & Cappellari, Lorenzo & Tatsiramos, Konstantinos, 2022. "Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    2. Bingley, Paul & Cappellari, Lorenzo & Tatsiramos, Konstantinos, 2023. "On the Origins of Socio-Economic Inequalities: Evidence from Twin Families," IZA Discussion Papers 16520, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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