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Entrepreneurship and Occupational Choice in the Global Economy
We present a new stylized fact: trade liberalization reduces entrepreneurship rates. We confirm this fact by showing that countries and industries...
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Tax policy design in a hierarchical model with occupational decisions
This research examines the impact of occupational choices and tax evasion on the tax administration policy in a hierarchical tax model. The economy...
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Occupational mobility: theory and estimation for Italy
This paper presents a model considering intergenerational occupational mobility as the joint outcome of three main determinants: income incentives,...
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Moving up the ladder: the spatial determinants of intergenerational occupational mobility in rural India
In this study, we examine the “geography of mobility” for rural India. We study the spatial determinants of intergenerational occupational mobility...
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Education, educational mismatch and occupational status: an analysis using PIAAC data
The aim of this paper is to estimate the effect of longer schooling on the probability of entering a high-skill job and analyse whether the size of...
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Gendered Occupational Segregation and Its Cost in India: Evidence from NSSO Data
Research on gender-based occupational segregation and its costs in develo** countries like India is an under-researched area. This paper estimates...
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Occupational prestige: American stratification
The COVID19 pandemic, recession, and now unequal recovery has uncovered what stratification economists have long recognized in the disparate layering...
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Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy: evidence from China and India
We extend the Becker-Tomes model to a rural economy with farm-nonfarm occupational dualism to study intergenerational educational mobility in rural...
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The effect of early automation on the wage distribution with endogenous occupational choices
While the literature demonstrated that automation reduces employment in routine jobs (job polarization), its impact on wages is still unclear and the...
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Choice of higher education in India and its determinants
This paper, based on the quantitative evidence, presents a micro-economic analysis of the choice of higher education that individuals make. Using...
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Advanced further training or dual higher education study: a choice experiment on the influence of employers’ preferences on career advancement
Although the number of graduates with a bachelor’s degree has risen over recent years, little information is available as to which position such...
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Gendered university major choice: the role of intergenerational transmission
In this paper, I study the role of gender-typical parental occupation for young adults’ gender-typical university major choice using data on a recent...
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Revealed stochastic choice with attributes
Many theoretical models of stochastic choice are characterized by availability variation. Instead, most stochastic choice datasets have information...
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Reforming Occupational Pensions in the Netherlands: Contract and Intergenerational Aspects
In the summer of 2020 the Dutch government and social partners have agreed on a pension reform involving the transformation of occupational pensions...
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Intergenerational occupational mobility in India across social groups
Using IHDS-II (2011–2012), the main issue addressed in the present paper is: to what extent the choice regarding the sectors of employment has...
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An Exploration into Inter-Generational Occupational Mobility in India: Evidences from IHDS-II
The paper analyses the extent and pattern of occupational mobility in India by using data on male population aged 16–65 years from IHDS-II. The...
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Labor Market for Sex Workers: Stigma and Occupational Choice
This chapter provides a survey of literature on sex work. Long standing debates on sex work range across disciplines with questions on how to name...
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Occupational Segmentation and Earning Differences across Social Class: An Investigation from Rural Odisha
The theory of labour market segmentation argues that caste, race, gender, etc. are the main factors explaining labour market participation and wage...
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Wage distributions in origin societies and occupational choices of immigrant generations in the USA
This paper studies occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the USA and links their choices to the occupational wage distribution in...
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Skill heterogeneity and market labour income inequality
Occupational choice models predict that, ceteris paribus, countries with higher dispersion of skill will have higher market labour income inequality....
