Global Database on Intergenerational Mobility(v2)
Description
The Global Database on Intergenerational Mobility (GDIM) contains estimates of absolute and relative intergenerational mobility (IGM) in education by 10-year cohorts, covering individuals born between 1940 and 1989. Absolute IGM is the extent to which living standards of a generation are higher than those of their parents. Relative IGM is the extent to which an individual’s position on the socio-economic scale is independent of the position of his or her parents. Higher relative mobility across generations is associated with lower inequality of opportunity, which is the extent to which people’s life achievements are affected by circumstances they are born into, such as parental education and income, race, gender, and birthplace. The GDIM contains several different measures of absolute and relative mobility.