More people think it needs well-educated parents to get ahead than two decades ago
Fewer and fewer people are expecting their incomes to rise in the short term
Perceived and actual mobility of earnings over one generation
People with a deteriorating economic situation over the past five years are less likely to feel that their voice counts at country level
At the current level of intergenerational mobility, it takes on average four to five generations for the offspring of a low-income family to reach the average income
Sticky floors in education, occupations and earnings
Sticky ceilings in occupations and earnings
A majority of people remain stuck at the bottom – and at the top of the income distribution
Low-income and high-income persistence over four years across OECD countries
Risk for lower-, middle- and higher-middle income households to slide down to the bottom
Risks to slide down to low income and poverty, by income quintile, OECD average, 1990s and 2010s
Inequality of incomes aggregated over several years is lower than in any one year – but not by that much
In most countries, earnings mobility across generations is higher when income inequality is lower
Educational mobility is higher in countries where public spending on education were higher
Health mobility is higher in countries where health and social employment is higher
Participation in ECEC varies across OECD countries, particularly among very young children
Score in mathematics by socio-economic status of parents, 2015
The share of middle income households moving down to the bottom is lower in countries spending more on active labour market programmes
Incidence of training among adults, by skill level