Showing papers by "Nan Lin published in 1975"
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TL;DR: In this paper, the relative contributions of social origins (father's occupational status) and educational achievement in explaining the intergenerational attainment of occupational status were analyzed using recently gathered survey data from Haiti and Costa Rica.
Abstract: Using recently gathered survey data from Haiti and Costa Rica, this paper analyzes the relative contributions of social origins (father's occupational status) and educational achievement in explaning the intergenerational attainment of occupational status. The fndings suggest that at certain stages of societal development differential expansion in the occupational and educational spheres may reinforce the significance of social origins in the status-attainment process and suppress the influence of education as an intervening mechanism of status transmissiion.
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