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Social mobility in the Global South – beyond poverty and inequality reductionA new book, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants, produced by UNU-WIDER and edited by Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, and Kunal Sen and published by Oxford University Press offers students, researchers, and...
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Three key insights for research on social mobility in developing countriesThe volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants , brings together leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines working on a variety of issues related to social mobility...
Social mobility Inequality & Human Development Human capitalBlog
Advancing social mobility research: Where to start
Innovation in academic investigation and policy response is critical to addressing global challenges...
Social mobility labour market economics InequalityNews
Pathfinding new book on Social Mobility in Developing Countries out now
Economics social sciences Social mobility Lecture
Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Pathways for Research and PolicyKunal Sen gives a keynote address at the Annual Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Conference on Development (ABCD) 2021. The keynote address, on the topic of 'Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Pathways for Research and...
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What do we need to know about social mobility in the Global South?The volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods and Determinants, brings together leading scholars from several disciplines to advance research practice on social mobility...
Social mobility Inequality & Human Development Human capitalPolicy Brief
Six sets of policy actions to promote social mobilityPromoting social mobility is an essential task of development, and a multi-faceted one. Precarious livelihoods are widespread. Containing downward mobility is an important precondition for sustaining upward mobility...
Social mobility Poverty InequalityBook Chapter
Social mobility in developing countries: Directions for research practice, knowledge gaps and policy supportFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Inequality Income inequalityBook Chapter
Social mobility and horizontal inequalityFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Horizontal inequality Ethnic inequalityBook Chapter
Informalities, volatility, and precarious social mobility in urban slumsFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Informality Slums Social mobilityBook Chapter
Social mobility and human capital in low- and middle-income countriesFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Human capital Cognitive abilityBook Chapter
Social mobility in China: A case study of social mobility research in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Gender Log-linear modelsBook Chapter
Economic approach to intergenerational mobility: Measures, methods, and challenges in developing countriesFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Intergenerational elasticity Developing countriesBook Chapter
Exploring concepts of social mobilityFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Economic mobility MacromobilityBook Chapter
The state of knowledge about social mobility in the developing worldFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Inequality IncomeBlog
Grandads, dads, and sons: Examining multigenerational mobility in IndiaWhile studies have examined the association in socioeconomic status between parent and offspring, there has been relatively little research on multigenerational mobility, especially in the developing country context...
Social mobility Inequality Education