Are the kids all right? Intergenerational
mobility and child well-being in Canada
by Miles Corak
Family and
Labour Studies Division
Analytical Studies Branch research paper series, No.
171
A framework for thinking about intergenerational mobility as it relates
to the relationship between parent and child incomes as well as evidence on the
degree and sources of intergenerational mobility in Canada is reviewed.
The
major conclusion is that Canadian society is characterized by a good deal of intergenerational
mobility, and the available evidence suggests that being raised in low-income
does not pre-ordain children to low-income in adulthood. Canada compares well
in this regard to many other countries, being characterized on average by more
mobility than the U.S. or U.K. and on a par with some of the most mobile nations.
The sources for this pattern have to do with access to high quality education,
and high quality non-monetary investments in children. However, there is no clear
evidence linking the level of family income to the nature of these investments.
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