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, à la...

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Publicado en:Journal of Human Resources Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 427 - 459
Autores principales: Emran, M. Shahe, Shilpi, Forhad
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Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Spring2011
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        Intergenerational relations
        Occupational mobility
        Rural conditions
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