Intragenerational and Intergenerational Mobility in Viet Nam
Lam, Nguyen Tran; Cuong, Nguyen Viet | April 2017
Abstract
This study examines intragenerational and intergenerational mobility of employment and income in Viet Nam during 2004–2008 and 2010–2014. It finds rather high mobility across income quintiles. There was high mobility of individuals by occupational skills but less mobility by employment status and sectors. The upward mobility of occupation increased over time because of the increase in skilled occupation. The intergenerational elasticity of earnings for parents and children is estimated at around 0.36. The intergenerational elasticity is very similar for 2004 and 2014. Education plays an important role in improving intergenerational mobility. The intergenerational elasticity for children without education degrees and those with post-secondary degrees is 0.51 and 0.17, respectively. With a postsecondary degree, 80% of people whose parents are unskilled have skilled or nonmanual occupation.
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Lam, Nguyen Tran; Cuong, Nguyen Viet. 2017. Intragenerational and Intergenerational Mobility in Viet Nam. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7294.Keywords
Curriculum development
Educational aid
Economic development
Industrial projects
Career development
Vocational education
Industrialization
Vocational training
Technological institutes
Job searching
Labor market
Work experience programs
Global Development Learning Network
Globalization And Development
International Development Strategy
Policy Development
Human Capital Development
Human Development
Human Resources Development
Skills Development
Management Development
Vocational Education
Business planning
Human rights and globalization
Occupational training
Technological innovation
Labor and globalization
Manpower policy
Labor policy
Rural manpower policy
Career academies
Professional education
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