Climbing the Ladder: Socioeconomic Mobility in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Muhammed Abdul Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Transition Matrix ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Income Quintile ◽  
Socioeconomic Mobility ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Approach

This study investigates the existence and extent of intergenerational mobility in Malaysia in terms of educational attainment, occupational skills level, and income level. It compares the status of working adults born between the years 1945 and 1960 and their adult children born between 1975 and 1985, using non-linear transition matrix techniques. On average, the majority of adult children have better educational attainment and occupational skills level compared with their parents. Income mobility, in absolute and relative terms, is highest among children born to parents in the lowest income quintile. The results of a logistic regression model show that education, assets ownership, gender, and location matter for upward mobility. Moving forward, there will be difficulties for the children from poor families to move up the socioeconomic ladder because of changes in policies. An inclusive development approach is vital in enhancing socioeconomic mobility to promote social cohesion, economic growth, and greater equity for the next generation.

The Role of Teacher Leadership for Promoting Professional Development Practices

2017 ◽  
pp. 958-981
Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Judith L. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Teacher Leader ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Pedagogical Choices ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Approach

This chapter examines the status of teacher professional development in mathematics and explores the role of teacher leadership to promote innovative professional development strategies that sustain the growth and development of an organization. Survey data was collected from teacher leader participants of one mathematics professional development organization to understand how participants' growth and development as a teacher leader not only shaped their mathematics instructional practices, but influenced their choices in leadership roles. Further the authors share how the learning environment and pedagogical choices of the project director supported a teacher-driven professional development approach. Recommendations as well as a model for developing a teacher-driven professional development organization are provided for replication.

The Role of Teacher Leadership for Promoting Professional Development Practices

2016 ◽  
pp. 91-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Judith L. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Teacher Leader ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Pedagogical Choices ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Approach

This chapter examines the status of teacher professional development in mathematics and explores the role of teacher leadership to promote innovative professional development strategies that sustain the growth and development of an organization. Survey data was collected from teacher leader participants of one mathematics professional development organization to understand how participants' growth and development as a teacher leader not only shaped their mathematics instructional practices, but influenced their choices in leadership roles. Further the authors share how the learning environment and pedagogical choices of the project director supported a teacher-driven professional development approach. Recommendations as well as a model for developing a teacher-driven professional development organization are provided for replication.

Social capital and economic performance of the Muslim world

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tariq Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The research on causes of economic performance has largely focused on economic factors. However, a simple focus on economic indicators cannot cause sustained equilibrium of economic performance. Social solidarity is of central importance in the fall or rise of a civilization. This study aims to analytically explore and empirically test the relationship of social capital with economic performance of the Muslim world using Islamic perspectives and an inclusive development approach. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a new index of “interpersonal safety and trust” to measure social capital. The empirical analysis is based on both cross-sectional and panel data methods of estimations. Findings The empirical findings of the study show that social capital is an important cause of economic performance in the Muslim world. The findings of the study are shown to be robust to different specifications, additional controls, econometric techniques and outliers. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is first study of its kindly that analytically explores and empirically tests the relationship of social solidarity with economic performance of the Muslim world using Islamic perspectives.

scholarly journals Parental income as a marker for socioeconomic position during childhood and later risk of developing a secondary care-diagnosed mental disorder examined across the full diagnostic spectrum: a national cohort study

BMC Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Hakulinen ◽  
Pearl L. H. Mok ◽  
Henriette Thisted Horsdal ◽  
Carsten B. Pedersen ◽  
Preben B. Mortensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Income Quintile ◽  
Socioeconomic Mobility ◽  
Parental Income ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
Subsequent Risk

Abstract Background Links between parental socioeconomic position during childhood and subsequent risks of developing mental disorders have rarely been examined across the diagnostic spectrum. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of parental income level, including income mobility, during childhood and risks for developing mental disorders diagnosed in secondary care in young adulthood. Methods National cohort study of persons born in Denmark 1980–2000 (N = 1,051,265). Parental income was measured during birth year and at ages 5, 10 and 15. Follow-up began from 15th birthday until mental disorder diagnosis or 31 December 2016, whichever occurred first. Hazard ratios and cumulative incidence were estimated. Results A quarter (25.2%; 95% CI 24.8–25.6%) of children born in the lowest income quintile families will have a secondary care-diagnosed mental disorder by age 37, versus 13.5% (13.2–13.9%) of those born in the highest income quintile. Longer time spent living in low-income families was associated with higher risks of developing mental disorders. Associations were strongest for substance misuse and personality disorders and weaker for mood disorders and anxiety/somatoform disorders. An exception was eating disorders, with low parental income being associated with attenuated risk. For all diagnostic categories examined except for eating disorders, downward socioeconomic mobility was linked with higher subsequent risk and upward socioeconomic mobility with lower subsequent risk of developing mental disorders. Conclusions Except for eating disorders, low parental income during childhood is associated with subsequent increased risk of mental disorders diagnosed in secondary care across the diagnostic spectrum. Early interventions to mitigate the disadvantages linked with low income, and better opportunities for upward socioeconomic mobility could reduce social and mental health inequalities.

Age at Immigration and Education: Further Explorations

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank E. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Status Attainment ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Weak Relationship ◽  
The Status ◽  
Mobility Study

Although initial analyses of data, collected for the Canadian Mobility Study, reveal a weak relationship between age at immigration and educational attainment, inclusion of a measure of periodicity in educational attainment models reveals age at immigration to have an effect comparable to that of family size on educational attainment. Given the strong periodicity effect, when age at immigration is excluded from the analysis, it is argued that the status attainment model, which best accounts for the educational attainment of native-born Canadians, also accounts best for the educational attainment of the foreign-born.

Beetal goats in their native tract

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
M.S. Tantia ◽  
P.K. Vij ◽  
G. Sahana ◽  
A. Jain ◽  
S.K. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Flock Size ◽  
Low Input ◽  
Detailed Survey ◽  
Lactation Length ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
The Status

SummaryBeetal is one of the largest Indian breeds of goats bred mainly for milk but equally important for meat as well. This breed is found in Punjab along the Indo-Pakistani border. The status of the Beetal breed in its native tract was studied through a detailed survey in the Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts of Punjab. In this part of the country goats are mainly reared by ‘Sansi’ tribals who are landless. Goat flocks are mainly stationery and browsing is the main source of feed and fodder for these goats. Long drooping ears and roman nose are the typical characteristics of this breed. The total population of this breed in its native tract in 1997 was found to be 20 772 and the average flock size was 5.27. Average test day milk yield and lactation length were 1.8±0.79 kg and 161 days, respectively. Average ages at first kidding and kidding interval were 17.2 and 11.14 months, respectively. Prolificacy was fairly high with an average of 1.76 kids per kidding.Beetal goats are the mainstay for the landless poor families of this region and the breed needs to be conserved in its breeding tract. There is a need to popularize this breed through demonstration units to convince the farmers that this breed is sustainable under low input conditions. This will help in in-situ conservation of the Beetal breed.

scholarly journals Exploring the magnitude of inclusion of Indian youth in the world of work based on choices of educational attainment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin Bisht ◽  
Falguni Pattanaik
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
General Education ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World

PurposeThis study attempts to investigate the interrelationship between choice-based educational achievement and employability prospects across the skill-based occupations amongst the youth in India.Design/methodology/approachThis study relies on the use of National Sample Survey (NSS) data on employment and unemployment for the 68th round (2011–2012) and the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) (2017–2018). To estimate the relative contributions of choice-based educational attainment affecting the skill-based employment of youth in a different category of occupations ( high/medium/low skilled), the multinomial logistic regression and its marginal effects have been used.FindingsThe study finds educational attainment both as an opportunity (improvising employability in the high and medium skill occupation) and a challenge (highest unemployment amongst the educated) while ensuring skill-based youth employability. Despite the growing enrolment of youth in education, youth from a general education background does not find sustained employability prospects in high-skill occupations.Research limitations/implicationsVocational education highlights a brighter employability prospect but the acceptability of the same amongst the youth needs a policy intervention.Practical implicationsEducational choices need an intervention based on market-driven apprenticeships and training.Social implicationsThe decline of overall employability in the low-skill occupation raises a threat to inclusive development as such youth results to Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET), better identified as the unproductive economic youth.Originality/valueThis study attempts to investigate that “how far the choice of educational attainment (general/technical/vocational) is able to make youth a fit in the world of work?” in the Indian context, where the youth constitute the highest share in the population.

scholarly journals Institutional Qualities of Inclusive Environmental Management in Sustainable Economic Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Kostetska ◽  
Nina Khumarova ◽  
Yuliia Umanska ◽  
Nadiia Shmygol ◽  
Viktor Koval
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
International Trends ◽  
The Status

AbstractThe article considers international trends and directions of inclusive growth which is considered as an inclusive economic growth and is measured by heterogeneous growth indicators, as an index of inclusive development. Considering the above, was analysed the existing state of the country’s growth considering the environmental, economic, social and technological components as prerequisites for inclusive environmental management. Thus, the main focus of this article is on the formation of prerequisites for inclusive nature management in socio-economic and environmental practices and their subsequent methodological support. So segments of population prosperity means not just material consumption, but social vision formation and the institutional support creation for enables everyone to participate in the socio-economic achievements. The main gaps in the institutional support of the inclusive environmental management process are disclosed: in the social sphere: limited access to economically viable means that meet the real needs of the population in terms of health care, social assistance, basic education and awareness; in the ecological and economic sphere there is no effective and efficient management of providing the population with products that comply with the requirements of eco-certification and eco-labelling, which negatively affects the replenishment of the state budget and the promotion of the rational use of natural resources. Therefore, in order to create a favourable climate and institutional support of inclusive environmental management, in this article, will conduct a thorough analysis of the status of its components and assess the compliance of the existing conditions with current international requirements for inclusiveness. Inclusive growth requires environmental inclusion, which can be achieved through the introduction of new metrics and resource value indicators in regional development projects and programs. In doing so, measures should be developed and recommendations made to improve further planning and control.

scholarly journals A Belief in Socioeconomic Mobility Promotes the Development of Academically Motivating Identities among Low-Socioeconomic Status Youth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander S. Browman ◽  
Ryan Svoboda ◽  
Mesmin Destin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Socioeconomic Mobility ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
School Based ◽  
And Performance

Despite barriers to educational attainment, low-SES youth often maintain strong academic intentions and performance if they continue to view school as important for obtaining the desired futures they envision for themselves. We undertook three related studies to examine the importance of one aspiration central to the desired futures of many low-SES youth: attaining upward socioeconomic mobility. Cross-sectional, longitudinal (Study 1), and experimental data (Study 2) demonstrate that low-SES youth’s beliefs about their likelihood of attaining mobility affects their likelihood of envisioning futures that hinge on educational attainment, which ultimately predict their academic intentions and performance. Study 3 then tests a novel intervention for promoting the adoption of education-dependent futures among low-SES youth: highlighting multiple viable school-based paths to future mobility.

The Role of Teacher Leadership for Promoting Professional Development Practices

2016 ◽  
pp. 1324-1347
Author(s):  
Patricia Dickenson ◽  
Judith L. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Teacher Leader ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Pedagogical Choices ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Approach

This chapter examines the status of teacher professional development in mathematics and explores the role of teacher leadership to promote innovative professional development strategies that sustain the growth and development of an organization. Survey data was collected from teacher leader participants of one mathematics professional development organization to understand how participants' growth and development as a teacher leader not only shaped their mathematics instructional practices, but influenced their choices in leadership roles. Further the authors share how the learning environment and pedagogical choices of the project director supported a teacher-driven professional development approach. Recommendations as well as a model for developing a teacher-driven professional development organization are provided for replication.

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