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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:36:50am WEST
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C04: Education Choices and Long-Run Outcomes Location: Room 104 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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High Intergenerational Earnings and Low Educational Mobility: The Role of Vocational Apprenticeships 1: WU Vienna University of Economics and Business; 2: JKU Johannes Keppler University Linz; 3: CEU Central European University Austria combines exceptionally low educational mobility with remarkably high income mobility\,--\,a striking ``mobility paradox.'' Using population-wide administrative data, we document this paradox and show that it arises from the structure of Austria’s vocational and tertiary education system. Large within-track heterogeneity in both vocational (VET) and tertiary returns leads to substantial overlap in their lifetime earnings distributions. The widespread and accessible VET pathway provides clear routes into stable, well-paid occupations, enabling high income mobility even for children from less-educated households. The results imply that the link between education and income mobility is not mechanical, and that expanding tertiary enrollment alone may do little to enhance economic opportunity.
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