Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in SA

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dc.contributor.authorYu, Derek
dc.contributor.authorLouw, Megan
dc.contributor.authorvan der Berg, Servaas
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-22T07:48:20Z
dc.date.available2021-04-22T07:48:20Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractTo a large degree, the notoriously high levels of income inequality in\nSouth Africa have their roots in differential access to wage-earning opportunities in the labour market, which in turn are influenced by family background. This paper therefore investigates the role that parents’ education plays in children’s human capital accumulation. The study analyses patterns of educational attainment in South Africa during the period 1970-2001, asking whether intergenerational social mobility has improved. It tackles the issue in two ways, combining extensive descriptive analysis of progress in educational attainment with more a formal evaluation of intergenerational social mobility using indices constructed by Dahan and Gaviria (2001) and Behrman, Birdsall and Szekely (1998). Both types of analysis indicate that intergenerational social mobility within race groups improved over the period, with the indices suggesting that South African children are currently better able to take advantage of educational opportunities than the bulk of their peers in comparable countries. However, significant racial barriers remain in the quest to equalise educational opportunities across the board for South African children.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYu, Derek. et al. (2006). Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in SA. Working Paper,09/06, Stellenbosch universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ekon.sun.ac.za/wpapers/2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6102
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Groupen_US
dc.subjectEducational attainmenten_US
dc.subjectSocial mobilityen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectIncome inequalityen_US
dc.subjectlabour marketen_US
dc.titleEducational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in SAen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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