title: [Poor dad, poor child? An investigation of intergenerational income mobility in the 1982 Birth Cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil].
abstract: Brazil is one of the countries with the lowest intergenerational income mobility. This article aimed to analyze intergenerational income mobility in the 1982 Birth Cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State. Two methods were used, intergenerational income elasticity and quantile regressions, in order to measure heterogeneity in income mobility as a function of different levels of parents' past income. The results show relatively high income mobility for Brazilian standards. The main explanation is that the data cover the children's income at a younger age (about 23 years). Quantile regressions show higher social mobility in the intermediary social stratum. The results reinforce the notion of two opposite "traps", poverty and wealth.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cesar Augusto Oviedo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tejada
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andréa D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bertoldi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carraro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Felipe Garcia
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Janaína Vieira dos Santos
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernando Celso
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bernardo Lessa
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Aluísio J D
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D012923:Social Class; D055815:Young Adult