Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214816 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 489
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Identifying the determinants of intergenerational mobility is an important aim in the development literature. In this article, intergenerational transmission is examined for 6 neglected Latin American Economies (Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico). We use a multinomial logit model of the determinants of choosing a white-collar job for a child of a father working in farming as compared to a child whose father had a blue- or a white-collar job. Our findings show that, in the studied countries, intergenerational occupation transmission is mainly linked to low skilled jobs. Our analysis confirms the low degree of social mobility typical of Latin America, contributing, in turn, to explain their low growth rate. Our findings help identifying specific target groups - talented young women coming from the agricultural sector - to develop in them soft skills while at primary or low secondary school and work-related skills while at the high secondary school or at the university.
Subjects: 
Intergenerational occupational mobility
Intergenerational mobility
Latin American countries
JEL: 
D60
I30
J24
J6
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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