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

This 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...

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Main Authors:	Emran, M. Shahe, Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility Promotion J620 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5692

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spelling	okr-10986-56922021-04-23T14:02:23Z Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility Promotion J620 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 This 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. 2012-03-30T07:34:04Z 2012-03-30T07:34:04Z 2011-04 Journal Article Journal of Human Resources 0022166X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5692 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Nepal Vietnam
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spellingShingle	Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility Promotion J620 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam
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description	This 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.
format	Journal Article
author	Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad
author_facet	Emran, M. Shahe Shilpi, Forhad
author_sort	Emran, M. Shahe
title	Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam
title_short	Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam
title_full	Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam
title_fullStr	Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed	Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam
title_sort	intergenerational occupational mobility in rural economy : evidence from nepal and vietnam
publishDate	2012
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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Economy : Evidence from Nepal and Vietnam

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