Mobilidade intergeracional considerando a estrutura familiar: como o status social da mãe modera o efeito da ausência paterna

Abstract

Intergenerational social mobility studies are based on the family to determine the association between origin and destination. However, the analysis of women's information is recent, as well as considering other types of backgrounds and family members. Using a national database, this paper seeks to analyze the mother's status moderated the effect of the father's absence from home on the occupational status of children in adult life in Brazil. The idea is to analyze whether the socioeconomic level of the mother is protected from the debts of not having the father living in the same house. The first result shows that the higher the mother's Isei, the greater the association with the destination's Isei, however, there are no differences between men and women in relation to the association with the mother's status. However, when considering the absence of the father at home, the association between mother and child does not undergo major changes given the type of family. The effect of the presence of the father and the mother's Isei combined is positive, therefore, the association of origin and destination with an increase in the mother's Isei also grows. Therefore, those with higher Isei origins are more penalized with female single parenthood. Considering the year of birth, for both men and women, when looking at younger individuals, a family structure may be losing its effect in association with the mother's status. This tends to indicate that the generations that lived with the mother working outside the home managed to have similar performances, regardless of what type of family they grew up in.