https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/julian-costas-fernandez/Julián Costas-FernándezHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/train-to-opportunity-the-effect-of-infrastructure-on-intergenerational-mobility/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/train-to-opportunity-the-effect-of-infrastructure-on-intergenerational-mobility/<p>This paper asks whether proximity to transport infrastructure can sever the occupational tie between parents and children — a question with direct bearing on the debate over place-based versus people-based policies. The authors exploit the nineteenth-century expansion of the railroad network across England and Wales, a setting where the First and Second Industrial Revolutions were remaking the occupational structure at the same time that the railroad was knitting together local labor markets and enabling geographic mobility.</p>