RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Accounting for Intergenerational Educational Immobility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0321-11554R3
DO 10.3368/jhr.0321-11554R3
A1 Koenings, Fabian
A1 Schwab, Jakob
YR 2025
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2025/01/03/jhr.0321-11554R3.abstract
AB This study investigates intergenerational educational immobility and its transmission channels in four developing countries: Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. From data elicited throughout children’s childhood, we extract latent factors of children’s attributes and their environments. We decompose educational immobility by analyzing the extent to which these factors mediate intergenerational persistence. The findings show that relevant channels in developed countries are also important in these developing countries. Additionally, developing-country specific factors, such as starting a family while underage and performing child labor, play a role. The factors’ importance differs moderately between the countries. Other factors – most notably non-cognitive skills – play no role.