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Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India

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dc.contributor.authorEmran, M. Shahe
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Yajing
dc.contributor.authorSun, Yan
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T16:12:00Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T16:12:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper extends the Becker-Tomes model of intergenerational educational mobility to a rural economy characterized by farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a micro-foundation for the widely used linear-in-levels estimating equation. Returns to education for parents and productivity of financial investment in children's education determine relative mobility, as measured by the slope, while the intercept depends, among other factors, on the degree of persistence in nonfarm occupations. Unlike many existing studies based on coresident samples, our estimates of intergenerational mobiity do not suffer from truncation bias. The sons in rural India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role of genetic inheritance, Altonji et al. (2005) sensitivity analysis is combined with the evidence on intergenerational correlation in cognitive ability in economics and behavioral genetics literature. The observed persistence can be due solely to genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Fathers' nonfarm occupation and education were complementary in determining a sons' schooling in India, but separable in China. There is evidence of emerging complementarity for the younger cohorts in rural China. Structural change in favor of the nonfarm sector contributed to educational inequality in rural India. Evidence from supplementary data on economic mechanisms suggests that the model provides plausible explanations for the contrasting roles of occupational dualism in intergenerational educational mobility in rural India and rural China.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/435421594655129550/Occupational-Dualism-and-Intergenerational-Educational-Mobility-in-the-Rural-Economy-Evidence-from-China-and-India
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34125
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9316
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONAL DUALISM
dc.subjectFARM-NONFARM COMPLEMENTARITY
dc.subjectCORESIDENCY BIAS
dc.subjectINTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.titleOccupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economyen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from China and Indiaen
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okr.crossref.titleOccupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India
okr.date.disclosure2020-07-13
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/435421594655129550/Occupational-Dualism-and-Intergenerational-Educational-Mobility-in-the-Rural-Economy-Evidence-from-China-and-India
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9316
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryChina
okr.region.countryIndia
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Education
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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