Family, Community and Long-Term Socio-Economic Inequality: Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers
利用丹麦行政数据，分解兄弟姐妹永久收入相关性中的家庭与社区效应，发现家庭是影响收入、教育和失业兄弟姐妹相关性的最重要因素，社区效应在职业生涯早期重要但迅速减弱。
Abstract Using administrative data for the population of Danish men and women, we develop an empirical model which accounts for the joint earnings dynamics of siblings and youth community peers. We provide the first decomposition of the sibling correlation of permanent earnings into family and community effects allowing for life-cycle dynamics and extending the analysis to consider other outcomes. We find that family is the most important factor influencing sibling correlations of earnings, education and unemployment. Community background matters for shaping the sibling correlation of earnings and unemployment early in the working life, but its importance quickly diminishes.