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Multigenerational mobility among males in IndiaTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Most studies of intergenerational mobility focus on adjacent generations, and there is limited knowledge about multigenerational mobility—status transmission across three generations...
multigenerational mobility Occupational mobility Educational mobilityWorking Paper
Whose intergenerational mobility?: A new set of estimates for Indonesia by gender, geography, and generationVarious scholars have estimated levels of intergenerational mobility in OECD countries. Fewer estimates are available for developing countries, where mobility arguably matters more due to starker differences in living standards...
Intergenerational Mobility Longitudinal data analysis IndonesiaJournal Article
Multigenerational mobility among males in IndiaTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Most studies of intergenerational mobility focus on adjacent generations, and there is limited knowledge about multigenerational mobility—status transmission across three generations...
multigenerational mobility Occupational mobility Educational mobilityBook Chapter
Social mobility and horizontal inequalityFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Horizontal inequality Ethnic inequalityBook Chapter
Measuring social mobility in historic and less developed societiesFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Intergenerational Mobility Long-run mobility Underlying mobilityBook Chapter
Income mobility in the developing world: Recent approaches and evidenceFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Intragenerational mobility Intergenerational Mobility Welfare dynamicsBook Chapter
Social mobility in developing countries: Measurement and downward mobility pitfallsFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Intergenerational Mobility Measurement Developing countriesBook Chapter
Drivers of mobility in the Global SouthFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Intergenerational Mobility Global south Market exclusionWorking Paper
Dynastic measures of inter-generational mobility with empirical evidence from IndonesiaWe suggest a simple and flexible criterion to assess inter-generational mobility...
Intergenerational Mobility Education WelfareWorking Paper
Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices: Are there gender differences in Ghana?Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject of considerable research in the analysis of inequality...
Intergenerational Mobility socioeconomic status Occupational choiceBook Chapter
China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobilityFrom the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Intergenerational Mobility Equality of opportunity EducationBook Chapter
India: Inequality trends and dynamics, the bird’s-eye and the granular perspectivesFrom the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Inequality Decomposition Welfare dynamicsWorking Paper
Multigenerational mobility in IndiaMost studies of intergenerational mobility focus on adjacent generations, and there is limited knowledge about multigenerational mobility—that is, status transmission across three generations...
multigenerational mobility Occupational mobility Educational mobilityPresentation
Maria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu to present in YoDEV Webinar SeriesMaria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu will present their work from the Social mobility in the Global South project on intergenerational mobility in Viet Nam. This presentation is a part of the Young Development Economists Webinar Series and will take place at 15...
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Is there a gender bias in intergenerational mobility?: Evidence from CameroonWe examine the intergenerational mobility of women relative to men, using paired mother-daughter and father-son data on occupation and education for Cameroon...
Occupational mobility Educational mobility Intergenerational MobilityWorking Paper
Measuring social mobility rates in earlier and less-documented societiesIn societies where surnames are inherited from parents, we can use these names to estimate rates of intergenerational mobility...
Intergenerational Mobility Long-run mobility Underlying mobility