Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey

Expectations of future socioeconomic mobility are an important determinant of cur- rent policy preferences. But how may these expectations be formed? Using Life in Transition survey data for a large set of transition economies and several Western E...

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Main Author:	Cojocaru, Alexandru
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	LIFE IN TRANSITION SURVEY INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY SOCIAL MOBILITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691741549375632212/Inequality-of-Access-to-Opportunities-and-Socioeconomic-Mobility-Evidence-from-the-Life-in-Transition-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31229

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spelling	okr-10986-312292021-07-12T06:23:55Z Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey Cojocaru, Alexandru LIFE IN TRANSITION SURVEY INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY SOCIAL MOBILITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY Expectations of future socioeconomic mobility are an important determinant of cur- rent policy preferences. But how may these expectations be formed? Using Life in Transition survey data for a large set of transition economies and several Western European countries, this paper examines the link between beliefs about the importance of personal connections for getting access to opportunities, such as a good job or university education, and expectations of future socioeconomic mobility. The analysis of survey data finds evidence that: (i) lack of connections is associated with expectations of a lower position on the future social ladder; and (ii) when informal connections are unavailable, it matters for your aspirations whether you perceive connections to be vital or not. There is also some evidence that in the European Union, where formal institutions are stronger, individuals are less likely to resort to informal institutions such as personal connections, even when these are available. Perceptions of unequal access to opportunities are also linked with stronger redistributive preferences. Finally, there is some evidence that unequal access to opportunities is associated not only with lower intragenerational mobility, but also with lower intergenerational mobility. 2019-02-07T17:37:39Z 2019-02-07T17:37:39Z 2019-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691741549375632212/Inequality-of-Access-to-Opportunities-and-Socioeconomic-Mobility-Evidence-from-the-Life-in-Transition-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31229 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8725 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper European Union
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description	Expectations of future socioeconomic mobility are an important determinant of cur- rent policy preferences. But how may these expectations be formed? Using Life in Transition survey data for a large set of transition economies and several Western European countries, this paper examines the link between beliefs about the importance of personal connections for getting access to opportunities, such as a good job or university education, and expectations of future socioeconomic mobility. The analysis of survey data finds evidence that: (i) lack of connections is associated with expectations of a lower position on the future social ladder; and (ii) when informal connections are unavailable, it matters for your aspirations whether you perceive connections to be vital or not. There is also some evidence that in the European Union, where formal institutions are stronger, individuals are less likely to resort to informal institutions such as personal connections, even when these are available. Perceptions of unequal access to opportunities are also linked with stronger redistributive preferences. Finally, there is some evidence that unequal access to opportunities is associated not only with lower intragenerational mobility, but also with lower intergenerational mobility.
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author	Cojocaru, Alexandru
author_facet	Cojocaru, Alexandru
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title	Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey
title_short	Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey
title_full	Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey
title_fullStr	Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey
title_full_unstemmed	Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey
title_sort	inequality of access to opportunities and socioeconomic mobility : evidence from the life in transition survey
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691741549375632212/Inequality-of-Access-to-Opportunities-and-Socioeconomic-Mobility-Evidence-from-the-Life-in-Transition-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31229
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Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey

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