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Title: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Across Three Continents
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: I compare rates of intergenerational occupational mobility across four countries in the late 19th century: (There was a sharp divide between areas of recent European settlement and Europe in terms of social mobility: Argentina and the US had similar levels of intergen-erational mobility, and these levels were above those of Britain and Norway. These findings suggest that the high levels of mobility in 19th-century US were not a reflection of "American exceptionalism", but rather a more general phenomenon of some recently settled economies.
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Authors: Pérez, Santiago
Periodical (Full): The Journal of Economic History
Issue: 2
Volume: 79
Pages: 383-416
Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data, IPUMS International
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
Countries: Norway