Structural Change and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility

It is known that rapid structural change in a country will be accompanied by occupational transition. There will be a sharp increase in the demand for modern skills, but once individuals have made the shift from primary occupations, they will remain in the labor force for generations. This situation...

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Published in:The Journal of developing areas 1987-01, Vol.21 (2), p.141-158
Main Author: Stewart, Charles T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Age groups
Asia
Asia, Western
Change
China
Demand change
Demographic Change
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Developing nations
Economic structure
Economics
Educational attainment
Educational Status
Employment
Employment statistics
Far East
Health Manpower
Income
Intergenerational Mobility
Japan
Korea
Kuwait
Labor demand
Labor force
Middle East
Mobility
Occupational
Occupational distribution
Occupational mobility
Occupations
Organization
Population
Population Characteristics
Skills
Social Class
Social mobility
Social Planning
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Sociology of work
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
South Korea
Supply
Taiwan
Technological change
Workforce
Working population. Employment. Women's work
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Summary:It is known that rapid structural change in a country will be accompanied by occupational transition. There will be a sharp increase in the demand for modern skills, but once individuals have made the shift from primary occupations, they will remain in the labor force for generations. This situation reduces occupational opportunities for succeeding cohorts. To illustrate this phenomenon, data from Kuwait, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan are presented. Then, an equation is estimated for predicting the proportion of employment in professional and technical occupations as a function of per capita income. In addition, the occupational structure required in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea to avoid downward intercohort occupational mobility is predicted, and the growth rate needed to attain that structure is estimated.
ISSN:0022-037X
1548-2278