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Rags to riches? Intergenerational occupational mobility in India

Publication ,  Journal Article
Iversen, V; Krishna, A; Sen, K
Published in: Economic and Political Weekly
November 4, 2017

The paper examines intergenerational occupational mobility in India among males. This analysis differs from previous work in three important respects. First, a finer-grained categorisation that takes into account differences in skill levels across occupations as well as India's social hierarchy of labour is used. Second, both large and moderate ascents and descents are examined. Third, the situation in India with mobility patterns at other times and in other countries is compared. The results show vast differences in the upward and downward mobility prospects of urban and rural residents and upper-caste Hindus versus Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The findings also reveal that downward mobility risks loom large in India and that mobility patterns in India and China appear remarkably similar.

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Economic and Political Weekly

ISSN

0012-9976

Publication Date

November 4, 2017

Volume

52

Issue

44

Start / End Page

107 / 114

Related Subject Headings

  • 44 Human society
  • 38 Economics
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 14 Economics
 

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Iversen, V., Krishna, A., & Sen, K. (2017). Rags to riches? Intergenerational occupational mobility in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 52(44), 107–114.
Iversen, V., A. Krishna, and K. Sen. “Rags to riches? Intergenerational occupational mobility in India.” Economic and Political Weekly 52, no. 44 (November 4, 2017): 107–14.
Iversen V, Krishna A, Sen K. Rags to riches? Intergenerational occupational mobility in India. Economic and Political Weekly. 2017 Nov 4;52(44):107–14.
Iversen, V., et al. “Rags to riches? Intergenerational occupational mobility in India.” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 52, no. 44, Nov. 2017, pp. 107–14.
Iversen V, Krishna A, Sen K. Rags to riches? Intergenerational occupational mobility in India. Economic and Political Weekly. 2017 Nov 4;52(44):107–114.

Published In

Economic and Political Weekly

ISSN

0012-9976

Publication Date

November 4, 2017

Volume

52

Issue

44

Start / End Page

107 / 114

Related Subject Headings

  • 44 Human society
  • 38 Economics
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 14 Economics