Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2016
Publication Title
European Economic Review
Volume
81
Abstract
This paper revisits the influential work by Chetty, Hendren, Kline, and Saez (2014) who attempt to explain the variation in intergenerational mobility across commuter zones in the US (i.e., spatial mobility) using nine classes of variables. We employ Bayesian model averaging methods that allow for model uncertainty to identify robust predictors of spatial mobility. In doing so we pay special attention to the specification of model and parameter priors. We also investigate the heterogeneous effects of these predictors on spatial mobility across commuter zones in different average income quintiles. Our findings suggest a more nuance and complex characterization of the spatial mobility process than that proposed by Chetty, Hendren, Kline, and Saez.
First Page
132
Last Page
147
DOI
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.07.008
ISSN
0014-2921
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Andros Kourtellos, Christa Marr, and Chih Ming Tan. "Robust Determinants of Intergenerational Mobility in the Land of Opportunity" (2016). Economics & Finance Faculty Publications. 1.
https://commons.und.edu/ef-fac/1