This paper extends the Becker-Tomes model of intergenerational educational mobility to a rural economy characterized by farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a micro-foundation for the widely used linear-in-levels estimating equation. Returns to education for parents and productivity of financial investment in children's education determine relative mobility, as measured...
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2020/07/13
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS9316
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2020/07/13
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Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy : Evidence from China and India
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farm household