Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region

The pace and success of economic growth in the developing East Asia and Pacific region (EAP) has been described as nothing short of a miracle. Education and its complementarities are often linked and credited significantly for the region's pos...

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Main Authors:	Narayan, Ambar, Yang, Judy
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	ECONOMIC MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY UPWARD MOBILITY POVERTY MEASUREMENT GENDER GAP EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919031569590457540/Economic-Mobility-Across-Generations-in-the-Developing-East-Asia-and-Pacific-Region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32483

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spelling	okr-10986-324832021-09-16T14:26:48Z Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region Narayan, Ambar Yang, Judy ECONOMIC MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY UPWARD MOBILITY POVERTY MEASUREMENT GENDER GAP EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION The pace and success of economic growth in the developing East Asia and Pacific region (EAP) has been described as nothing short of a miracle. Education and its complementarities are often linked and credited significantly for the region's positive story on economic growth. During the early stages of the region's development, education kept pace and complemented labor needs; widespread basic literacy and numeracy met demands in manufacturing and assembling. This led to rapid improvements in educational mobility across generations in absolute terms, where mobility is understood as the rise in education levels from one generation to the next. On the other hand, progress has been slower and uneven in relative mobility, which is more closely linked to inequality in education and income and refers to the extent to which an individual's position in society is influenced by that of his or her parents. 2019-10-01T18:59:30Z 2019-10-01T18:59:30Z 2019-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919031569590457540/Economic-Mobility-Across-Generations-in-the-Developing-East-Asia-and-Pacific-Region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32483 English Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 16 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific East Asia China
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spellingShingle	ECONOMIC MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY UPWARD MOBILITY POVERTY MEASUREMENT GENDER GAP EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION Narayan, Ambar Yang, Judy Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
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description	The pace and success of economic growth in the developing East Asia and Pacific region (EAP) has been described as nothing short of a miracle. Education and its complementarities are often linked and credited significantly for the region's positive story on economic growth. During the early stages of the region's development, education kept pace and complemented labor needs; widespread basic literacy and numeracy met demands in manufacturing and assembling. This led to rapid improvements in educational mobility across generations in absolute terms, where mobility is understood as the rise in education levels from one generation to the next. On the other hand, progress has been slower and uneven in relative mobility, which is more closely linked to inequality in education and income and refers to the extent to which an individual's position in society is influenced by that of his or her parents.
format	Brief
author	Narayan, Ambar Yang, Judy
author_facet	Narayan, Ambar Yang, Judy
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title	Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
title_short	Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
title_full	Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
title_fullStr	Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
title_full_unstemmed	Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
title_sort	economic mobility across generations in the developing east asia and pacific region
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/919031569590457540/Economic-Mobility-Across-Generations-in-the-Developing-East-Asia-and-Pacific-Region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32483
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Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region

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