Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices: Are there gender differences in Ghana?

Priscilla Baffour, Festus Turkson, Ibrahim Mohammed and Wassiuw Abdul Rahaman

No wp-2021-66, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject of considerable research in the analysis of inequality. Such intergenerational linkages are anticipated to come from two sources: first, the inheritance of innate abilities and social network of family from parents by children; and second, capital market imperfections which present barriers to human capital investment.

Keywords: Intergenerational Mobility; socioeconomic status; Occupational choice; Human capital; Gender; Occupations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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