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Structural and Exchange Components of Vertical Mobility

1977; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2117731

1939-8271

McKee J. McClendon,

Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis

This paper focuses on the measurement of structural and exchange components of vertical mobility, with primary emphasis on occupational status mobility. The shortcomings of the study of vertical mobility are discussed. Then, assuming the use of interval scales, absolute, exchange and structural mobility are defined and measured at the individual level. Aggregate measures of each mobility component are also presented which can be computed easily from the means, standard deviations and correlation of the origin and destination distributions. Finally, the aggregate measures are applied to occupational status mobility data for 1962 and 1972-1974. Interperlod comparisons are discussed, as well as racial comparisons and sex comparisons. Educational mobility is briefly compared to status mobility.