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Social Mobility in Five African Countries
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Résumé |
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This paper conceptualizes intergenerational occupational mobility between the farm and non-farm sectors in five African countries, measures it using nationally representative household survey data, and analyzes its determinants through a comparative method based on pooled logit regressions. We first analyze intergenerational gross mobility. Until the end of the 1980s, intergenerational flows toward the non-farm sector are high in Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, flows toward the farm sector are more often observed in Ghana and Uganda, and Madagascar displays less mobility in either direction. The pace of change in occupational structures and the magnitude of labor income dualism between the farm and non-farm sectors appear to explain those differences. We then net out structural change across generations and establish the first measurement of intergenerational net mobility in those five African countries. Ghana and Uganda stand out as relatively more fluid societies. Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea come next while Madagascar shows a particularly high reproduction of occupations. Educational mobility accounts for the Madagascar exception to a large extent, but not for the differences between the other countries. Spatial dualism of employment, i.e. the geographic segregation of farm and non-farm jobs, accounts for most of those remaining differences. We argue that the main determinants of intergenerational mobility, namely income and employment dualisms, likely reflect a historical legacy of different colonial administrations.
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Auteur(s)
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Thomas Bossuroy
1
, Denis Cogneau
2, 3, 4
1
Banque Mondiale
( 143711 )
- 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433
- États-Unis
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Banque Mondiale ( 303966 )
2
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique USC1336 ( 92114 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8545 ( 441569 )
3
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
;
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
;
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
;
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
;
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
;
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
;
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
4
IRD -
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
( 67872 )
- Siège
Le Sextant
44, bd de Dunkerque
CS 90009
13572 Marseille cedex 02
- France
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Non
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Anglais
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Audience |
Non spécifiée
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Date de publication |
2013-10
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Volume |
59
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Numéro |
S1
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Page/Identifiant |
S84-S110
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers/J.J6.J62 - Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
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N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N37 - Africa • Oceania
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Financement |
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Ce travail a bénéficié d'une aide de l'Etat gérée par l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche au titre du programme " Investissements d'avenir " portant la référence ANR-10-LABX-93-01. This work was supported by the French National Research Agency, through the program Investissements d'Avenir, ANR-10--LABX-93-01.
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Mots-clés |
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Africa, Colonization, Dualism, Inequality, Intergenerational mobility
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DOI |
10.1111/roiw.12037 |