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Based on the OECD's A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility, 2018
Of all OECD nations "in Ireland & the US intergenerational mobility is highest for those born of richer fathers & lowest for those born of the poorer fathers"
Based on the OECD's A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility, 2018
Of all OECD nations "in Ireland & the US intergenerational mobility is highest for those born of richer fathers & lowest for those born of the poorer fathers"
"As for upward mobility, there are fewer chances for people moving from the middle-income to the top
income quintiles today. This is especially the case in Ireland..."
income quintiles today. This is especially the case in Ireland..."
The latest available data shows Ireland has the highest persistence of top income earners remaining in the upper quintile. In other words there's an Irish wealth trap. If you're wealthy or born into a wealthy family it's very hard to move downwards. Not so for the middle class
"As regards upward mobility, the shift towards more persistence at the top is partly explained by less chance of people moving from the lower and middle-income quintiles (first three quintiles) to the top income quintiles. This is especially the case in Ireland..."
"The most undesirable feature" of social mobility currently is that in 5 countries, one of which is Ireland, if you're born into a family close to the median income, put otherwise middle class, "there are larger chances to move downward, and smaller chances to move upward"
"The Nordic countries have the highest level of intergenerational health mobility in the sample while... Ireland, the Czech Republic and Estonia have the lowest
mobility"
mobility"
There's certainly some rays of light in the report for Ireland, but overall the picture is bleak.
I bought the report.
Source:
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/broken-elevator-how-to-promote-social-mobility_9789264301085-en
I bought the report.
Source:
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/broken-elevator-how-to-promote-social-mobility_9789264301085-en
