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Acknowledgments; Abstract; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; General Introduction and Motivation; Part I Intergenerational Income Mobility and Education; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Related Literature; Chapter 3 Education Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility; 3.1 Public Education and Equality of Opportunity; 3.1.1 Intergenerational Correlation of Lifetime Incomes; 3.1.2 Impact of Public Education Policy; 3.2 Public Education and Private Human Capital Investment; 3.2.1 Private Human Capital Investment and Income Mobility.
3.2.2 Public Education, Private Human Capital Investment and Income Mobility3.2.3 Impact of Public Education Policy; 3.3 Implications; Chapter 4 Intergenerational Income Persistence in Germany: the Role of Education and Occupation; 4.1 Income Persistence across Generations; 4.1.1 Theoretical Background; 4.1.2 Immobility of Income across Generations; 4.2 Intergenerational Transmission of Income Inequality; 4.2.1 Decomposition of Intergenerational Income Persistence; 4.2.2 Pathways of Intergenerational Transmission; 4.2.3 Intergenerational Transmission; 4.3 Implications; Chapter 5 Conclusions.
Part II Social Beliefs about Income Mobility and the Demand for RedistributionChapter 6 Introduction; Chapter 7 Related Literature; Chapter 8 Social Beliefs and Redistributive Politics; 8.1 Incentives to Work and the Demand for Redistribution; 8.1.1 Optimal Decision under Certainty; 8.1.2 Optimal Decision under Uncertainty: Dynastic Learning; 8.2 Social Beliefs, Inequality of Opportunity, and the Demand for Redistribution; 8.2.1 Stable Beliefs and Long-Term Equilibrium; 8.2.2 Influencing Factors of Long-Term Equilibrium; 8.2.3 Equality of Opportunity and Income Mobility; 8.3 Implications.
Chapter 9 Income Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution: Empirical ObservationsChapter 10 Conclusions; Final Remarks; References; Appendix; A Derivation of the Intergenerational Income Immobility; A.1 Income Elasticity in Absence of Public Education; A.2 Public Education and Income Correlation across Generations; B Sequential Decomposition of Income Immobility ; C Beliefs Regarding Income Determinants; C.1 Derivation of the Expected Utility; C.2 Derivation of the Social Welfare Function; C.3 Inequality of Opportunity and Incentives to Work.
3.2.2 Public Education, Private Human Capital Investment and Income Mobility3.2.3 Impact of Public Education Policy; 3.3 Implications; Chapter 4 Intergenerational Income Persistence in Germany: the Role of Education and Occupation; 4.1 Income Persistence across Generations; 4.1.1 Theoretical Background; 4.1.2 Immobility of Income across Generations; 4.2 Intergenerational Transmission of Income Inequality; 4.2.1 Decomposition of Intergenerational Income Persistence; 4.2.2 Pathways of Intergenerational Transmission; 4.2.3 Intergenerational Transmission; 4.3 Implications; Chapter 5 Conclusions.
Part II Social Beliefs about Income Mobility and the Demand for RedistributionChapter 6 Introduction; Chapter 7 Related Literature; Chapter 8 Social Beliefs and Redistributive Politics; 8.1 Incentives to Work and the Demand for Redistribution; 8.1.1 Optimal Decision under Certainty; 8.1.2 Optimal Decision under Uncertainty: Dynastic Learning; 8.2 Social Beliefs, Inequality of Opportunity, and the Demand for Redistribution; 8.2.1 Stable Beliefs and Long-Term Equilibrium; 8.2.2 Influencing Factors of Long-Term Equilibrium; 8.2.3 Equality of Opportunity and Income Mobility; 8.3 Implications.
Chapter 9 Income Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution: Empirical ObservationsChapter 10 Conclusions; Final Remarks; References; Appendix; A Derivation of the Intergenerational Income Immobility; A.1 Income Elasticity in Absence of Public Education; A.2 Public Education and Income Correlation across Generations; B Sequential Decomposition of Income Immobility ; C Beliefs Regarding Income Determinants; C.1 Derivation of the Expected Utility; C.2 Derivation of the Social Welfare Function; C.3 Inequality of Opportunity and Incentives to Work.