Ocorrerá no dia 11/10/2023, Quarta-Feira, às 16h na sala 401A-FCE o Seminário de Pesquisa “Intergenerational Mobility and Regional Inequality in Brazil” na área de Economia Aplicada pelo Profº Leonardo Monteiro Monasterio (IPEA).
Artigo: Intergenerational Mobility and Regional Inequality in Brazil
Autores: Eduardo Cenci (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Daniel Lopes (Observatório da Indústria – CNI) e Leonardo Monteiro Monasterio (Ipea)
Abstract: In this paper, we estimate the long-term intergenerational mobility (IM) in Brazil, by mesoregion, utilizing the methodology developed by Guell et al. (2015, 2018). Benefiting from the unique features of Brazil, such as data availability on income, education, full names, our study employed a machine learning algorithm to estimate surname-based ancestry. This allows us to bypass limitations of previous studies and provide an initial exploration of the link between intergenerational mobility (IM) and inequality in a middle income Latin American country. We also examined how IM spatially aligns with historical factors and current socioeconomic development indicators in Brazil. Our findings connect past land inequality and slavery to lower long-term mobility, which is linked to lower current income per capita and educational attainment. Unlike other IM studies in Brazil, we found no clear geographic patterns. Additionally, there’s no distinct relationship between inequality and social mobility, or the Gatsby Curve, on a mesoregional level.