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Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility : Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey / Cojocaru, Alexandru.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cojocaru, Alexandru.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Educational Sciences.
- Inequality.
- Inequality of Opportunity.
- Labor Markets.
- Natural Disasters.
- Poverty Assessment.
- Poverty Diagnostics.
- Poverty Impact Evaluation.
- Poverty Lines.
- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Social Mobility.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Transition Economies.
- Local Subjects:
- Education.
- Educational Sciences.
- Inequality.
- Inequality of Opportunity.
- Labor Markets.
- Natural Disasters.
- Poverty Assessment.
- Poverty Diagnostics.
- Poverty Impact Evaluation.
- Poverty Lines.
- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Social Mobility.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Transition Economies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (50 pages)
- Other Title:
- Inequality of Access to Opportunities and Socioeconomic Mobility
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Expectations of future socioeconomic mobility are an important determinant of current policy preferences. But how may these expectations be formed? Using Life in Transition survey data for a large set of transition economies and several Western European countries, this paper examines the link between beliefs about the importance of personal connections for getting access to opportunities, such as a good job or university education, and expectations of future socioeconomic mobility. The analysis of survey data finds evidence that: (i) lack of connections is associated with expectations of a lower position on the future social ladder; and (ii) when informal connections are unavailable, it matters for your aspirations whether you perceive connections to be vital or not. There is also some evidence that in the European Union, where formal institutions are stronger, individuals are less likely to resort to informal institutions such as personal connections, even when these are available. Perceptions of unequal access to opportunities are also linked with stronger redistributive preferences. Finally, there is some evidence that unequal access to opportunities is associated not only with lower intragenerational mobility, but also with lower intergenerational mobility.
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