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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423987
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Identity and multigenerational persistence
Srikanth, Chinmayi; Dey, Shubhasis - 2023
turn observed in the persistence mechanism. The study finds that for India, persistence mechanisms for education are indeed … account for endogeneity in the father's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477525
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Colonial origin, ethnicity, and intergeneration mobility in Africa
Funjika, Patricia; Getachew, Yoseph Yilma - 2019
This paper estimates the relationship between differences in skills measured among within-country ethnic groups and individual human capital accumulation in eight African countries. Our results show that the skills of an individual in these countries depends more on the human capital levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146550
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Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices: Are there gender differences in Ghana?
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla; Turkson, Festus Ebo; … - 2021
Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject of considerable research in the analysis of inequality. Such intergenerational linkages are anticipated to come from two sources: first, the inheritance of innate abilities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651137
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Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa
Bedasso, Biniam; Obikili, Nonso - 2016
This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since the end of apartheid. Using census data from 1996, 2001, and 2011, we use different measures of years of schooling to examine the dynamics both across and within racial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653913
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Employment transitions with high unemployment and a small informal sector: Examining worker flows during normal and recessionary periods in South Africa
Foster, Shakeba - 2023
This paper examines employment transitions in the South African labour market. Using the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series, it analyses flows between the formal sector, informal sector, and unemployment, paying specific attention to how these flows differ during recessions. It explicitly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477467
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Structural poverty dynamics in urban South Africa: A mixed-methods investigation
Schotte, Simone - 2019
This paper examines the extent and determinants of structural poverty dynamics in South Africa, focusing on the socio economically disadvantaged urban African population. The quantitative analysis using panel data is triangulated with evidence from a qualitative case study integrating focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146583
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Impact of education on inequality across the wage distribution profile in Cameroon: 2005-10
Baye, Francis Menjo - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records … from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education … returns to education for the period 2005-10 largest for the 5th and 10th percentiles. Inequality decreased from the lower to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418626
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Gender inequality, female leadership, and aid allocation: A panel analysis of aid for education
Kleemann, Linda; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2014
inequality in education is more likely to affect the aid allocation of donor countries with female leadership in the relevant … ministry. We find no evidence for a needs-based allocation of aid for education. Female as well as male leaders appear to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343228
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Horizontal inequality in education and wealth in Tanzania: A 20-year perspective
Maliti, Emmanuel - 2016
education and wealth increasing or decreasing in the 20-year interval between 1991 and 2010?'. Horizontal inequality in … education attainment has been moving in waves; however, there was an invested U-shaped trend where inequality increased between … in education, gender inequality in educational attainment has consistently been declining over time. The same consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653926