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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okr-10986-323732022-09-20T00:13:42Z Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Yaschine, Iliana Vargas, Delfino Huffman, Curtis Carreno, Hiram Hernandez, Ulises Mendoza, Tlacaelel CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY LABOR MARKET OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL ORIGINS MIGRATION LABOR 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 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. 2019-09-12T14:47:53Z 2019-09-12T14:47:53Z 2019-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/549621568050572942/Long-Term-Study-of-PROSPERA-on-Intergenerational-Occupational-Mobility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32373 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8999 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Mexico |
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CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY LABOR MARKET OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL ORIGINS MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY Yaschine, Iliana Vargas, Delfino Huffman, Curtis Carreno, Hiram Hernandez, Ulises Mendoza, Tlacaelel Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility |
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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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Working Paper |
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Yaschine, Iliana Vargas, Delfino Huffman, Curtis Carreno, Hiram Hernandez, Ulises Mendoza, Tlacaelel |
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Yaschine, Iliana Vargas, Delfino Huffman, Curtis Carreno, Hiram Hernandez, Ulises Mendoza, Tlacaelel |
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Yaschine, Iliana |
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Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility |
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Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility |
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Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility |
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Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility |
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Long-Term Study of PROSPERA on Intergenerational Occupational Mobility |
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long-term study of prospera on intergenerational occupational mobility |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/549621568050572942/Long-Term-Study-of-PROSPERA-on-Intergenerational-Occupational-Mobility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32373 |
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