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Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
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, a la Altonji et al. (2005) to address the unobserved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generational Differences, Occupational Mobility, Agricultural Occupations
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Jennings, Elyse A.; Axinn, William G.; Ghimire, Dirgha J. – American Sociological Review, 2012
Theories of family stability and change, demographic processes, and social psychological influences on behavior all posit that parental attitudes and beliefs are a key influence on their children's behavior. We have evidence of these effects in Western populations, but little information regarding this social mechanism in non-Western contexts.…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Marriage, Mothers