Comments by Siew Yean Tham, on Climbing the Ladder: Socioeconomic Mobility in Malaysia

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October 01 2018 Comments by Siew Yean Tham, on Climbing the Ladder: Socioeconomic Mobility in Malaysia Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2018 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2018Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2018) 17 (3): 24–25. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00625 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Comments by Siew Yean Tham, on Climbing the Ladder: Socioeconomic Mobility in Malaysia. Asian Economic Papers 2018; 17 (3): 24–25. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00625 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Siew Yean Tham: Khalid's paper addresses an important gap in the literature on income inequality in Malaysia—namely, the extent of socioeconomic mobility and its determinants. The issue addressed is important because of the policy focus on income inequality in the country for the last five and a half decades, and the coverage of the data collected renders the data set used in his analysis to be the first of its kind for Malaysia. The findings from his survey indicate that educational mobility is high, with 62 percent of children being better educated than their parents. This is not surprising in view of the fact that the relatively high level of educational expenditure in Malaysia has led to significant improvements in student enrollment, resulting in almost near-universal access at the primary and lower secondary levels (Malaysia 2013). Obtaining more education does not necessarily translate to upward occupational or income mobility,... You do not currently have access to this content.