Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility
Two decades after the inception of Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA, this study analyzes the intergenerational occupational mobility and occupational attainment of a group of rural beneficiary youths between ages 18 and 35...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/549621568050572942/Long-Term-Study-of-PROSPERA-on-Intergenerational-Occupational-Mobility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32373 |
| Summary: | Two decades after the inception of
Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA,
this study analyzes the intergenerational occupational
mobility and occupational attainment of a group of rural
beneficiary youths between ages 18 and 35 years, segmented
into subgroups by sex, ethnic background and migratory
status. Furthermore, it evaluates if a higher intensity of
PROSPERA's treatment increases the equality of labor
opportunities for the youths. Half of the youths achieved
upward mobility relative to their occupation of origin, but,
at the same time, there also was a high probability of
having an occupation in a lower stratum of the occupational
hierarchy, experiencing high occupational inheritance and
barriers to climbing the social ladder. The variables
related to social origin have a significant correlation with
the occupational destinations of the youths, although their
education, first occupation and cognitive abilities are
factors that, altogether, have a greater weight and may
reduce the effect of social origins on occupational
destinations. Women and migrants present the highest rates
of upward mobility and greater equality in labor
opportunities, compared to men and non-migrants,
respectively. No differences due to ethnicity were found.
The findings on the effects of PROSPERA suggest that higher
levels of treatment intensity may generate greater
probabilities of better occupations, although this effect is
considered modest. The results are only valid for the
analyzed subpopulation and reflect a reduced difference in
the treatment intensity, which must not be considered as the
complete effect of the program's intervention. |
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