Occupational Choice and Incentives: The Role of Family Background
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Economic incentives; Family background; Intergenerational mobility; Mixed multinomial logit; Occupational choice;JEL classification:
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2000-11-08 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-LAB-2000-11-08 (Labour Economics)
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