Call for Research Proposals – Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America

Deadline: 21-Feb-21

Development Bank of Latin America has announced a call for Research Proposals for Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America.

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The current call for projects aims to support research efforts that contribute to the understanding of the intergenerational social mobility patterns in Latin American countries and the mechanisms and policies that can break the persistence of inequalities across generations.

Funding Information

A maximum of three prizes will be awarded. Each winning proposal will receive a research grant of up to USD 15,000 to carry out the project. This grant will be disbursed through a consulting contract signed with any member of the research team or her/their institution. A budget proposal is not required.

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Topics

A non-exhaustive list of topics which are of interest for the current call is the following:

Relationship between inequality and intergeneration mobility
Relationship between intra and intergenerational mobility
Mobility and poverty traps
The role of social protection systems in the intergenerational mobility
Representation of minorities in decision-making positions in public and private institutions and its consequences on mobility
New information sources and methodologies to explore intergenerational mobility in different dimensions of individual well-being (income, occupations, education, health, assets and others)
Mechanisms behind the persistence in human capital accumulation across generations
Education and social mobility
Policies to support vulnerable families in the formation of their children’s human capital
Access to labor opportunities and the role of social networks and family ties
Relationship between discrimination and income mobility
Labor informality and mobility
Spatial-urban factors that open opportunities in the labor market and for human capital accumulation
Migration and intergenerational mobility
Entrepreneurship and mobility
Mechanisms behind the persistence in the (im)possibility of assets accumulation
Policies of financial inclusion to promote mobility
For more information, visit https://www.caf.com/en/currently/calls/2020/12/call-for-research-proposals-intergenerational-mobility-in-latin-america/?parent=6589