In:
The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 83, No. 2 ( 2023-06), p. 431-463
Abstract:
We use historical census data to show that Sweden exhibited high levels of intergenerational occupational mobility several decades before the rise of the welfare state. Mobility rates were higher than in other nineteenth- and twentieth-century European countries, closer to those observed in the highly mobile nineteenth-century United States. We leverage mobility variation across Swedish municipalities to shed light on potential determinants: economic growth and migration are positively correlated with mobility, consistent with the patterns observed across countries.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-0507
,
1471-6372
DOI:
10.1017/S0022050723000098
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2023
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3050-8
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1495598-2
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7,26
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19,2