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Melanie Häner-Müller

University of Lucerne

Switzerland

  • University of Lucerne

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The Mystery of Success: How Family Background Shapes Social Mobility

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The Mystery of Success: How Family Background Shapes Social Mobility

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Sep 2024
Jonas Bühler, Christoph A. Schaltegger and Melanie Häner-Müller
University of Lucerne, University of Lucerne - Institute for Swiss Economic Policy (IWP) and University of Lucerne
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social mobilitysibling correlationdriversdecomposition

The Mystery of Success: How Family Background Shapes Social Mobility

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Apr 2025
Jonas Bühler, Christoph A. Schaltegger and Melanie Häner-Müller
University of Lucerne, University of Lucerne and University of Lucerne
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social mobility, sibling correlation, drivers, decomposition

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Marry into New or Old Money? The Distributional Impact of Marital Decisions from an Intergenerational Perspective

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Marry into New or Old Money? The Distributional Impact of Marital Decisions from an Intergenerational Perspective

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Dec 2023
Michele Salvi and Christoph A. Schaltegger
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lucerne
Downloads 61 (966,800)
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Assortative Mating, Parents, Intergenerational Mobility, wealth, inequality

Marry into New or Old Money? The Distributional Impact of Marital Decisions from an Intergenerational Perspective

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2023
Michele Salvi and Christoph A. Schaltegger
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lucerne - Institute for Swiss Economic Policy (IWP)
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Assortative Mating, Parents, intergenerational mobility, Wealth, Inequality

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Who You Meet Matters: International Evidence on Economic Connectedness and Social Mobility

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Jun 2025
Jonas Bühler, Christoph A. Schaltegger and Melanie Häner-Müller
University of Lucerne, University of Lucerne and University of Lucerne
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intergenerational mobility, equality of opportunity, economic connectedness, social networks, social capital

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Tax Redistribution Offset? Effect of Marital Choices on Income Inequality

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Feb 2022
Michele Salvi and Christoph A. Schaltegger
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lucerne
Downloads 67 (924,743)

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assortative mating, income, education, inequality

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The Adaptive Middle Class: How Families Adjust to Revolving Transfer Shocks

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Oct 2025
Nina Kalbermatter and Christoph A. Schaltegger
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lucerne
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Income Shocks, Means-Tested Benefits, Social Transfers, Healthcare Insurance Premium Subsidies, household finance