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Bringing the Margins Back In. Using the M-Index for the Analysis of Social Mobility.

Authors :
Seiler, Simon
Jann, Ben
Source :
Conference Papers - American Sociological Association; 2019, p1-30, 30p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Analysis of intergenerational social mobility with respect to educational attainment and class position has been dominated for several decades by log-linear models, most prominently the socalled Unidiff a.k.a. Log Mutiplicative Layer Effect model. In this paper we argue that these models are not ideal when the goal is to evaluate how the general relevance of social origin changed in a society over time or differs between countries, because these models neglect important aspects of the marginal distribution. We propose an alternative methodology based on the Mutual Information Index (M-Index), that solves this problem and, at the same time, equips researchers with a much more flexible framework for modelling effects of social origin. Our arguments are illustrated by two brief empirical applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Conference Papers - American Sociological Association
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
141311417