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Jonas Helgertz

Vice Dean Research, Associate Professor

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The lasting impact of grandfathers : Class, occupational status, and earnings over three generations in Sweden 1815-2011

Author

  • Martin Dribe
  • Jonas Helgertz

Summary, in English

This article examines socioeconomic mobility across three generations in Sweden from 1815 and until 2011. Using longitudinal micro-level data from the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD), we examine the transmission of socio-economic status along three different dimensions; social class (HISCLASS), occupational status (HISCAM), and earnings. We demonstrate an association between grandfathers' class or occupational status and the outcome of grandsons, when controlling for the association between fathers and sons. The associations remain stable over time and are stronger for paternal grandfathers than for maternal. For earnings, we find no grandparental association.

Department/s

  • Centre for Economic Demography
  • Department of Economic History

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Pages

969-1000

Publication/Series

Journal of Economic History

Volume

76

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Economic History

Status

Published

Project

  • Landskrona Population Study

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0022-0507