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Matthew Staiger
@MatthewStaiger
Research Scientist at @OppInsights
Dec 9, 2022 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
***Updated paper***

How do connections in the labor market shape intergenerational mobility? I shed light on this question by studying one type of connection: jobs obtained at a parent's employer.

🧵 #EconTwitter
matthewstaiger.github.io/matthewstaiger… I combine LEHD + Decennial Census to construct a dataset with information on parent-child and employer-employee linkages and show that it’s surprisingly common for people to work for a parent’s employer, with 29 percent of individuals doing so by age 30. [2/19]