Inter- and intragenerational economic mobility

1 Introduction 1.1 Motivation 1.2 Organization of this dissertation 1.3 References 2 A new look at intergenerational mobility in Germany compared to the US 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Theoretical background 2.3 Empirical strategy 2.4 Data 2.5 Results 2.6 Conclusion 2.7 Figures and tables 2.8 References 3 How important is the family? Evidence from sibling correlations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany,and Denmark 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Literature review 3.3 Statistical model and empirical strategy 3.4 Data and sampling rules 3.5 Results 3.6 Robustness of the results 3.7 Conclusion 3.8 Tables 3.9 References 4 How important is cultural background for the levelof intergenerational mobility? 4.1 Introduction and background 4.2 Estimation strategy and data 4.3 Results 4.4 Conclusions 4.5 Tables 4.6 References 5 Wage mobility in East and West Germany 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Data and measurement issues 5.3 Inequality and mobility patterns in East and West Germany 5.4 Explaining the mobility decline: hypotheses and empirical approach 5.5 Results and discussion 5.6 Conclusions 5.7 Figures and tables 5.8 References 5.9 Appendix 5.10 Data appendix 5.11 Electronic appendix (not intended for publication) 6 Conclusive remarks