Abstract
This study aims to analyze the probability of young people living in rural areas performing the same occupations as their parents in the Brazilian labor market, based on the PNADC 2017 - National Continuous Household Sample Survey - and the measure of conditional probabilities. The results show that the profession of the young is marked by the family professional trajectory and family expectations. Male sons inherit their father's occupations, while daughters inherit their mother's occupations. Children whose fathers and mothers are in the same occupation, regardless of gender, are more likely to perform the same occupation as their parents, but this tendency is lower in single-parent families. Occupational legacy may promote a poverty trap whether occupation is secondary, with low wage and precarious work generating a vicious cycle of poverty. Young people are also influenced by their parents in relation to human capital, which will determine their occupation and work remuneration. The higher the educational level of young people the greater the chances of pursuing different professions from their parents. These results confirm the importance of education in rural areas, which contributes to a better quality of life for rural families.
Highlights
In a heterogeneous country such as Brazil, when comparing regions and economic sectors, rural activity stands out for its vast diversity of production, income and jobs, which makes this labor market complex and dynamic
The procedures resulted in important data and allow us to state that, on average, persons over 14 years of age who are employed and living in the rural area and living in the household with one or both parents had an average age of approximately 23 years in Brazil
This study aimed to analyze the occupational legacy left by parents to their children in rural areas using the classic conditional probabilities
Summary
In a heterogeneous country such as Brazil, when comparing regions and economic sectors, rural activity stands out for its vast diversity of production, income and jobs, which makes this labor market complex and dynamic. Professional choice is an important decision about what to do in occupational terms and what individuals want to be in the future, as an ongoing process consisting of various life-long decisions, influenced by discourses and values that circulate in the family environment (LUCHIARI, 1996; SOBROSA et al, 2015). Professional decision is and will be relevant to your individual future, but to a generation as it will form a family and influence your children in their career choice, and your children will influence your grandchildren and so on a link will be built from generation to generation. In the process decision of an occupation young people can mirror their parents conditioned to the socioeconomic environment and the job supply
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