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Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation: Lessons from the United States Army

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  • Kyle Greenberg
  • Matthew Gudgeon
  • Adam Isen
  • Corbin L. Miller
  • Richard W. Patterson

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This paper estimates causal intergenerational occupation transmission in the military using discontinuities in parents' eligibility for service from the Armed Forces Qualification Test. A parent's enlistment in the Army increases their children’s military service propensity by between 58% and 110%. Intergenerational occupational transmission rates vary by race and sex---they are highest for demographic groups whose parents gained the most economically from service and for same-sex parent-child pairs. Our findings provide new evidence on the mechanisms driving intergenerational occupation correlations and show that intergenerational transmission is an important channel for getting under-represented groups into high-quality occupations.

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  • Kyle Greenberg & Matthew Gudgeon & Adam Isen & Corbin L. Miller & Richard W. Patterson, 2024. "Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation: Lessons from the United States Army," NBER Working Papers 33009, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:33009
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    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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