Educational/occupational choices and social (im)mobility

Educational/occupational choices and social (im)mobility

Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 15:00-16:15

Room: Zoom

Presenter: Boockman Bernhard, University of Tubingen

Occupational status is a key outcome in the literature on social mobility. Taking the example of Germany, I focus on the transmission of occupations with similar task contents between fathers and children  ("task following") and its effect on intergenerational status mobility. I use an instrumental variables approach, whereby task following is instrumented by the growth of father's occupation or, alternatively, by the degree of certification of the occupation. The results show that a significant part of intergenerational status transmission occurs because children choose occupations similar to those of their fathers.

Zoom link: https://uoc-gr.zoom.us/j/88659969718?pwd=g6bjYPDCuUQo1bzVxjjbgQL4xFN1f3.1

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