Occupational Mobility, Educational Mobility and Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantages in Europe

Zelinsky, Tomas and Mysikova, Martina and Vecernik, Jiri (2016): Occupational Mobility, Educational Mobility and Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantages in Europe. Published in: Ekonomicky casopis , Vol. 64, No. 3 (2016): pp. 197-217.

Abstract

Empirical literature offers a number of studies suggesting that living conditions in childhood can significantly influence achievements and living conditions in adulthood. The aim of this paper is to answer the question: To what extent is the intergenerational transmission of poverty associated with social mobility (in terms of educational and occupational intergenerational mobility) in the European Union (and Iceland, Switzerland and Norway)? Our analyses are based on EU-SILC 2011, ‘Intergenerational transmission of disadvantages’ module microdata. Interpretations of the findings are based on the ordered logit models estimated at European and country levels. The results suggest that both educational and occupational mobility are in a statistically significant positive relationship with the intergenerational transmission of poverty (prox-ied by a change in the perceived financial stress of the household).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Intergenerational transmission of poverty, social mobility, Europe, EU-SILC.
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification

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