Intergenerational occupational mobility: Does gender matter: A study among migrant peasant households in Kannur District, Kerala
- South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies
- 23(1), Jul-Dec, 2022: p.112-114
The studies of intergenerational mobility investigate the extent to which the socioeconomic outcomes, such as income, education and occupation changes across generation. The topic of intergenerational mobility has attracted the attention not only of academicians but also of policy makers. The Sustainable Development Goals pointed out the importance of studying intergenerational mobility and it aims at increasing the opportunities for the younger generations, which increases the chances of success regardless of their inherited characteristics. Intergenerational occupational mobility had studied by several scholars in developed and developing countries.But the studies on intergenerational mobility from a gender perspective has not gained much attention among the scholars.So the present study tries to fill this reaseach gap.The paper studies the intergenerational occupational mobility among the peasant migrant households in Peravoor settlement in Kannur district, Kerala.The study used a mixed methodology, where both quantitative and qualitative data used for the study. From the analysis it is find out that, there is gender dfference in intergenerational odupational mobility.The intergenerational occupational mobility rate is higher among the male members of peasant migrant households than that of their female counterpart. This has serions implication on gender equality and attainment of sustainable development goal.-Reproduced