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Home | Events | Sources of Generational Persistence in Education and Income
Seminar

Sources of Generational Persistence in Education and Income

  • Series
    Research on Monday
  • Speaker(s)
    Katrine V. Løken (Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)
  • Field
    Empirical Microeconomics
  • Location
    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Campus Woudestein, Langeveld 0.08
    Rotterdam
  • Date and time

    September 01, 2025
    15:00 - 16:00

Please notice that this seminar starts at 15:00.

Abstract
We document that the long-run economic benefits of a low-cost early-life health intervention transmit to later generations, but only for children of exposed mothers. We provide novel evidence that the program improved mothers' marriage outcomes but had limited effect on fathers' partnering decisions. Changes in assortative mating patterns may, therefore, be an important mechanism behind program-induced intergenerational spillovers. We also show that the intervention significantly increased economic mobility across three generations, suggesting that early health interventions may be important candidates for reducing the cycle of poverty. Joint paper with with Sara Abrahamsson, Aline Bütikofer, and Marianne Page.