作者:Stellenbosch University; University of Barcelona
作者:University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
作者:Lund University; Lund University
摘要:This article examines socioeconomic mobility across three generations in Sweden from 1815 and until 2011. Using longitudinal micro-level data from the Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD), we examine the transmission of socio-economic status along three different dimensions; social class (HISCLASS), occupational status (HISCAM), and earnings. We demonstrate an association between grandfathers' class or occupational status and the outcome of grandsons, when controlling for the associati...
作者:Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Toulouse School of Economics
摘要:Public mass modern education was a major pillar of state-led development in the post-Colonial period. I examine the impact of Egypt's transformation in 1951-1953 of traditional elementary schools (kuttabs) into modern primary schools on the Christian-Muslim educational and occupational differentials, which were in favor of Christians. The reform granted kuttabs' graduates (where Muslim students were over-represented) access to higher stages of education that were previously confined to primary...
作者:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Davidson College
作者:United States Department of the Treasury; International Monetary Fund