Early-life circumstances and late-life income

Paccagnella, Omar and Garrouste, Christelle (2012): Early-life circumstances and late-life income. Published in: 46TH SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ITALIAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY No. Conference Proceedings (9 May 2012)

Abstract

This paper aims at evaluating and comparing across European countries the influence of early-life circumstances, like childhood disparities and educational attainments, on incomes in later life. Using life-history data from SHARELIFE, country-specific structural relationships among childhood socio-economic status, education and incomes at the first and the last job are investigated by means of recursive models, controlling for individual covariates. Poorer childhood socio-economic conditions are associated with higher differentials in years of full-time education and higher income inequalities. The extent of these results varies across countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Ageing, childhood conditions, income, recursive model
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Economics of the Handicapped ; Non-Labor Market Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials

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