We estimate intergenerational income mobility in Italy using administrative data from tax returns. Our estimates of are higher than prior work survey and indirect methods. The rankrank slope parent-child is 0.22, compared to 0.18 Denmark 0.34 the United States. probability that a child reaches top quintile national distribution starting family bottom 0.11. uncover substantial geographical varia...

The study of intergenerational mobility and most population research are governed by a two-generation (parent-to-offspring) view of intergenerational influence, to the neglect of the effects of grandparents and other ancestors and nonresident contemporary kin. While appropriate for some populations in some periods, this perspective may omit important sources of intergenerational continuity of f...