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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Among Men in Iran During 1996-2016 (in Persian)

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  • Hoseini, Mohammad

    (Assistant Professor of Economics, Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Tehran, Iran.)

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This paper documents the changes in intergenerational occupational mobility among men in Iran for the last two decades. To measure intergenerational mobility, the Altham distance between the job transition matrices has been used for during the period in question. The results suggest that for the period (1996-2011), occupational mobility declined; this downward trend is steeper in 2006-2011, and it has leveled off until 2016. One of the factors that explains this decrease in occupational mobility is the flat supply of public sector jobs. In the period in question, while active population increases by more than 10 million, the public sector jobs rise by less than 1 million, bringing about a higher level of competition for obtaining those jobs. The analysis shows that following this phenomenon, the chance for obtaining public sector job has increased greatly for those whose father had a public sector job. In addition, jobless growth and higher education boom are two potential reasons for the sharper reduction in mobility during 2005-2011.

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  • Hoseini, Mohammad, 2019. "Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Among Men in Iran During 1996-2016 (in Persian)," The Journal of Planning and Budgeting (٠صلنامه برنامه ریزی Ùˆ بودجه), Institute for Management and Planning studies, vol. 24(1), pages 25-50, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:auv:jipbud:v:24:y:2019:i:1:p:25-50
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    Keywords

    Social mobility; intergenerational mobility; inequality; jobless growth; higher education boom; public sector employment;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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