CEEG Seminar Series: Intergenerational mobility in education in Mozambique

Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, presents a recent WIDER Working Paper 101/2021 on intergenerational mobility in education in Mozambique during the IGM seminar held on Wednesday 27 October 2021.

The event is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized under the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme. The seminars offer a forum to share and discuss ongoing research on topics related to the work of the IGM programme and to foster a culture of research at the faculty and at UEM in general.

The seminar takes place at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM). It is a public event open to everyone. The presentation will be given in Portuguese.

For those wishing to join online, this is possible via Zoom:
https://unu-edu.zoom.us/j/98674838458?pwd=ZXRXYUFYRVpid3d3UWhtZ1I2aWVudz09
Meeting ID: 986 7483 8458
Passcode: 948792

About the study

The WIDER Working Paper 101/2021, entitled 'How far does the apple really fall from the tree? Practical guidance on measuring intergenerational mobility from a simulation framework', suggests a simulation model to estimate educational mobility. Using complete census records from 1997, 2007, and 2017, it identifies a clear slowdown in educational mobility between 2007 and 2017, suggesting the education system is not delivering consistent gains to children across the country.