pt I. Introduction : 1. The state of knowledge about social mobility in the developing world / Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, Kunal Sen -- pt. ii. Theory and concepts : 2. Drivers of mobility in the global south / Patrizio Piraino : 3. Exploring concepts of social mobility / Gary S. Fields : 4. Social mobility in developing countries :measurement and downward mobility pitfalls / Vegard Iversen : 5. In praise of snapshots / Ravi Kanbur -- pt. iii. Types of mobility : 6. Income mobility in the developing world: Recent approaches and evidence / Himanshu, Peter Lanjouw : 7. Educational mobility in the developing world / Florencia Torche : 8. Rethinking occupational mobility in developing countries: Conceptual issues and empirical findings / Anthony Heath, Yizhang Zhao -- pt. iv. Dialogue on measurement and methods : 9. Economic approach to intergenerational mobility: Measures, methods, and challenges in developing countries / Shahe Emran, Forhad Shilpi : 10. Social mobility in China: A case study of social mobility research in the Global South / Yaojun Li : 11. Ethnography and social mobility : a review / Divya Vaid : 12. Measuring social mobility in historic and less developed societies / Gregory Clark -- pt. v. Drivers of inhibitors : 13. Social mobility and human capital in low- and middle-income countries / Jere R. Behrman : 14. Informalities, volatility, and precarious social mobility in urban slums / Anirudh Krishna, Emily Rains : 15. Gender and social mobility : gender attitudes and women's labour force participation / Nancy Luke : 16. Social mobility and horizontal inequality / Patricia Funjika, Rachel M. Gisselquist : 17. Social networks as levers of mobility / Anandi Mani, Emma Riley -- pt. vi. Conclusions : 18. Social mobility in developing countries : directions for research practice, knowledge gaps and policy support / Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, Kunal Sen

xxiii, 481 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780192896858