From: Intergenerational mobility and self-selection on unobserved skills: New evidence
Country/Region | N | Slope coefficient | Absolute upward mobility | ||
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\(\beta\) | \(\beta\) GDIM | \(\mathrm{Pr}\left(c>p\right)\) | \(\mathrm{Pr}\left(c>p\right)\) GDIM | ||
Afghanistan | 84 | 0.42 (0.09) (0.24–0.60) | 0.54 | 0.53 (0.06) (0.41–0.64) | 0.36 |
Syria | 35 | 0.23 (0.12) (0.00–0.45) | 0.33 [0.21–0.48] | 0.62 (0.10) (0.45–0.80) | 0.66 [0.46–0.77] |
Iraq | 32 | 0.31 (0.11) (0.10–0.52) | 0.45 | 0.54 (0.10) (0.34–0.74) | 0.45 |
MENA | 78 | 0.25 (0.08) (0.10–0.40) | 0.36 [0.21–0.55] | 0.59 (0.06) (0.46–0.71) | 0.64 [0.45–0.77] |
Sub-Saharan | 38 | 0.45 (0.10) (0.26–0.64) | 0.52 [0.23–0.78] | 0.74 (0.07) (0.61–0.88) | 0.35 [0.13–0.64] |
Total Sample | 206 | 0.35 (0.05) | – | 0.60 (0.04) | – |