Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 50 n. 2 Rio de Janeiro 2007
Abstract
This article analyzes socio-occupational mobility in the Brazilian urban work market in 1988 and 1996 from the perspective of success, by sex and color. Achieving success is a dimension created to describe the types of individual movements, whereby those who rise, fall, or remain in the same position can perform successful or unsuccessful movements, depending on their point of departure. The overall mobility and success rates are presented for men, women, blacks, and whites, analyzing the effects of innate characteristics (age, sex, and color), acquired traits (schooling, first occupation, and entry into the work market), and social origins (paternal and maternal schooling and paternal stratum) on the odds of achieving success.
Keywords: mobility, work market, inequality
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582007000200006
Ups and downs in Brazil: an analysis of socio-occupational mobility and success in the urban work market
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