Many Rivers to Cross
Social Identity, Cognition, and Labor Mobility in Rural India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5741855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sébastien Michiel (0000-0003-4221-4739, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Sébastien Michiels, Christophe Jalil Nordman (0000-0002-8368-4086, Instituts Français de Recherche à L'Étranger, corresponding author), Suneha Seetahul (0000-0003-4393-0550, World Bank) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 697 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-80 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027162211055990 |
| OpenAlex | W4200423493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
This study analyzes whether individual skills and personality traits facilitate labor market mobility of disadvantaged groups and rural migrants. We use a panel dataset of individuals in rural South India to explore the relationship between individual cognitive skills, personality traits, and income mobility. We take advantage of intragroup heterogeneity in terms of cognitive skills and personality traits to examine whether these personal characteristics enable individuals to overcome rigid social structures, exploring the role of these skills and traits in migrants' income mobility. We show that despite strong rigidity in the area's labor market structure, personality traits are important determinants of labor mobility, enabling individuals to overcome caste and gender discrimination, but that these personality traits do not contribute to increases in migrants' income mobility
Big Five personality traits · Caste · Cognition · Demographic economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Personality · Political science · Social mobility · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |