Resumen de Exploring the Sources of Earnings Transmission in Spain

María Cervini Plá

• This paper explores the mechanisms behind the intergenerational earnings mobility in Spain by means of three exercises: calculating the transition matrix, decomposing the sources of earnings elasticity and estimating quantile regressions. By calculating the transition matrices we find a strong degree of persistence in educational attainment and especially in occupation. By decomposing the sources of earnings elasticity, we find that the correlation between children�s and their fathers� occupations is the most important component. Finally, quantile regressions estimates show that the influence of the father�s earnings is greater when we move to the lower tail of the offspring�s earnings distribution, especially for daughters.