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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam

dc.contributor.authorEmran, M. Shahe
dc.contributor.authorShilpi, Forhad
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:04Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents evidence on intergenerational occupational mobility from agriculture to the nonfarm sector using survey data from Nepal and Vietnam. In the absence of credible instruments, the degree of selection on observables is used as a guide to the degree of selection on unobservables, a la Altonji et al. (2005) to address the unobserved genetic correlations. The results show that intergenerational occupational mobility is lower among women in both countries, and is lower in Nepal compared with Vietnam. In the case of Nepal, strong evidence favors a causal role played by the mother's nonfarm participation in the daughter's occupation choice, possibly because of cultural inheritance in a traditional society.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Human Resources
dc.identifier.issn0022166X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5692
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectEconomics of Gender
dc.subjectNon-labor Discrimination J160
dc.subjectHuman Capital
dc.subjectSkills
dc.subjectOccupational Choice
dc.subjectLabor Productivity J240
dc.subjectJob, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility
dc.subjectPromotion J620
dc.subjectMicro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120
dc.titleIntergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnamen
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Human Resourcesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum649
okr.journal.nbpages427-458
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryNepal
okr.region.countryViet Nam
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okr.volume46
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