@article{fdi:010061250,
  title = {{S}ocial mobility in five {A}frican countries},
  author = {{B}ossuroy, {T}. and {C}ogneau, {D}enis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper conceptualizes intergenerational occupational mobility between the farm and non-farm sectors in five {A}frican countries, measures it using nationally representative household survey data, and analyzes its determinants through a comparative method based on pooled logit regressions. {W}e first analyze intergenerational gross mobility. {U}ntil the end of the 1980s, intergenerational flows toward the non-farm sector are high in {C}ote d'{I}voire and {G}uinea, flows toward the farm sector are more often observed in {G}hana and {U}ganda, and {M}adagascar displays less mobility in either direction. {T}he 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. {W}e then net out structural change across generations and establish the first measurement of intergenerational net mobility in those five {A}frican countries. {G}hana and {U}ganda stand out as relatively more fluid societies. {C}ote d'{I}voire and {G}uinea come next while {M}adagascar shows a particularly high reproduction of occupations. {E}ducational mobility accounts for the {M}adagascar exception to a large extent, but not for the differences between the other countries. {S}patial dualism of employment, i.e. the geographic segregation of farm and non-farm jobs, accounts for most of those remaining differences. {W}e argue that the main determinants of intergenerational mobility, namely income and employment dualisms, likely reflect a historical legacy of different colonial administrations.},
  keywords = {{J}62 ; {O}15 ; {N}37 ; {A}frica ; colonization ; dualism ; inequality ; intergenerational mobility ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {GHANA} ; {GUINEE} ; {OUGANDA} ; {MADAGASCAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{R}eview of {I}ncome and {W}ealth},
  volume = {59},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {{S}84--{S}110},
  ISSN = {0034-6586},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1111/roiw.12037},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061250},
}