Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain
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| author | Grebol, Ricard Machelett, Margarita Stuhler, Jan Villanueva, Ernesto |
| author_facet | Grebol, Ricard Machelett, Margarita Stuhler, Jan Villanueva, Ernesto |
| contents | We study the evolution of intergenerational educational mobility and related distributional statistics in Spain. Over recent decades, mobility has risen by one-third, coinciding with pronounced declines in inequality and assortative mating among the same cohorts. To explore these patterns, we examine regional correlates of mobility, using split-sample techniques. A key finding from both national and regional analyses is the close association between mobility and assortative mating: spousal sorting accounts for nearly half of the regional variation in intergenerational correlations and also appears to be a key mediator of the negative relationship between inequality and mobility documented in recent studies. |
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| spellingShingle | Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain Grebol, Ricard Machelett, Margarita Stuhler, Jan Villanueva, Ernesto General Economics Economics We study the evolution of intergenerational educational mobility and related distributional statistics in Spain. Over recent decades, mobility has risen by one-third, coinciding with pronounced declines in inequality and assortative mating among the same cohorts. To explore these patterns, we examine regional correlates of mobility, using split-sample techniques. A key finding from both national and regional analyses is the close association between mobility and assortative mating: spousal sorting accounts for nearly half of the regional variation in intergenerational correlations and also appears to be a key mediator of the negative relationship between inequality and mobility documented in recent studies. |
| title | Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22848 |