The importance of positional mobility for regional comparisons

Luis Monroy-Gómez-Franco

Research in Economics, 2023, vol. 77, issue 3, 322-333

Abstract: In this paper, I show that the decomposition of intergenerational persistence indicators into their structural and positional components offers a clearer understanding of the determinants of heterogeneity in subnational mobility rates. This constitutes a departure from the current consensus in estimating mobility rates at the subnational level in economics. Applying this approach to the Mexican case, I show no significant differences in positional mobility across the country's regions. This contrasts with the existing results, particularly regarding intergenerational mobility in the country's southern region.

Keywords: Stratification economics; Intergenerational mobility; Positional mobility; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J62 O15 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2023.05.004

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