A nonparametric analysis of black-white differences in intergenerational income mobility in the United States
美国黑人与白人代际收入流动差异的非参数分析
Lower intergenerational income mobility for blacks is a likely cause behind the persistent interracial gap in economic status in the United States.However, few studies have analyzed black-white differences in intergenerational income mobility and the factors that determine these differences.This is largely due to the absence of appropriate methodological tools.We develop nonparametric methods to estimate the effects of covariates on two measures of mobility.We first consider…