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Eigenvector Status Proxies in Markov Chain Mobility Models

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  • John Conlisk

    (University of California, San Diego)

  • Paul Sommers

    (Middlebury College)

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In Markov chain studies of occupational mobility, an interesting empirical pattern has been reported. Certain transrtion matrix eigenvectors provide surprisingly accurate proxies for occupational status. Through a number of formal illustra tions, this paper suggests why the pattern might in theory be expected, in the occupational mobility context and in other mobility contexts.

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  • John Conlisk & Paul Sommers, 1979. "Eigenvector Status Proxies in Markov Chain Mobility Models," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 8(2), pages 159-178, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:8:y:1979:i:2:p:159-178
    DOI: 10.1177/004912417900800203
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    1. Dennis E. Smallwood & John Conlisk, 1979. "Product Quality in Markets Where Consumers are Imperfectly Informed," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 93(1), pages 1-23.
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