measure from survey data and is comparable across countries and generations. Building on the literature, we exploit time variation in education attainment to measure absolute intergenerational mobility in education since 1920. We contrast our measures across birth-cohorts, countries and regions but also within sub-populations and demographic groups. In addition to the education mobility indices, we also constructed novel occupational mobility indices. This paper is the first to study occupational attainment across generations in Africa. Occupational mobility represents
to integrate into the expanding sectors that demand mostly high skills. The situation could be aggravated by the fact that acquiring new skills is costly and requires time. This chapter assesses the pandemic-induced sectoral reallocation in ASEAN countries, including Thailand. The analysis point to large skill mismatches due to the expected sectoral reallocation since the differences in skills demand between shrinking and expanding sectors are large. Given the considerable cost and time required to achieve occupational mobility, policies aimed at nurturing and
and occupational attainment. We uncover the substantial geographical variations in the degree of upward/downward educational and occupational mobility across and within African countries, and the gender and rural/urban divide. Additionally, we explore the determinants of social mobility in the African region. We find that social mobility on the continent could be partly explained by observable individual characteristics (gender, marital status, age, etc.), and that educational mobility is a driver of occupational mobility. Lastly, we show that the quality of