How Sensitive is Intergenerational Earnings Mobility to Different Measures?

The article provides various estimates of intergenerational earnings mobility based on Danish administrative register information. The aim is to calculate how sensitive the results are to different earning periods, age brackets, and earning components enabling the most accurate cross country comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility. Thus, intergenerational earnings mobility is found quite lower when applying hourly wage rates rather than annual earnings inclusive or exclusive of public transfers. Moreover, when applying the same specifications for Denmark as used for other countries, we find that intergenerational earnings mobility from father to son in Denmark is on the same level as in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, whereas the intergenerational earnings mobility in all the Nordic countries is found higher than in the UK and USA.