Data on all persons employed in the California State Civil Service between 1977 and 1985 reveals a marked improvement in the distribution of women across income classes. An important part of this improvement appears due ...

This article deals with two vital components of a country's social structure: social stratification and social mobility. It examines the social structure of Guatemala, adapting for this purpose two approaches to social ...

The concept of mobile learning has been widely discussed in recent decades, owing to the development of technology, the increased mobility of people, objects, and emergence of new interactive media. In this context, this ...

The Alero 4 site is a rock shelter located in the vicinity of the northern edge of the Deseado River in the Santa Cruz province of Patagonia, Argentina. The stratigraphic studies recorded evidence of human occupation ...

Since the start of the twenty-first century, the Brazilian economy has experienced a growth cycle with characteristics unlike those of its previous historical experience, combining growth, macroeconomic stability and ...

Objetivo – O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a dinâmica recente do mercado de trabalho brasileiro, analisando os padrões de mobilidade ocupacional, especialmente as transições entre trabalho formal e informal, e verificar ...

This paper studies the magnitude of intergenerational income mobility in less developed, high inequality Chile. Following a known methodology where fathers’ incomes are predicted from standard income determinants such ...

Theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that individuals who migrate to regions that have more locational advantages, relative to region of origin, have greater chances of upward social and occupational mobility. Whereas ...