RT Book, Section
A1 OECD
T1 An introduction to this year's country notes
JF Economic Policy Reforms
YR 2010
FD Mar 10
SP 90
OP 91
AB Policy reform can remove obstacles to intergenerational social mobility and thereby promote equality of opportunities across individuals. Such reform will also enhance economic growth by allocating human resources to their best use. This chapter assesses cross-country patterns in intergenerational social mobility and examines the role that public policies play in affecting mobility. Intergenerational earning, wage and educational mobility vary widely across OECD countries. Mobility in earnings, wages and education across generations is relatively low in France, southern European countries, the United Kingdom and the United States. By contrast, such mobility tends to be higher in Australia, Canada and the Nordic countries.
PB Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
DO 10.1787/growth-2010-5-en
UL http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/;jsessionid=17qe8cgr95nji.x-oecd-live-01content/chapter/growth-2010-5-en