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DARP Paper

Galtonian Regression of Intergenerational Income Linkages: Biased Procedures, a New Estimator and Mean-Square Error Comparisons

Ramses H. Abul Naga

Because the permanent incomes of parents and children are typically unobserved, the estimation of the intergenerational correlation via the use of proxy variables entails an errors-in-variables bias. By solving a system ...Read more...

January 2001

DARP Paper

Estimating the Intergenerational Correlation of Incomes: An Errors in Variables Framework

Ramses H. Abul Naga

The estimation of the intergenerational correlation of incomes is usually carried out by proxying permanent incomes using suitable indicators of economic status, and by treating the resulting measurement error problem us...Read more...

July 1999