Eigenvector Status Proxies in Markov Chain Mobility Models
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Methods & Research
- Vol. 8 (2) , 159-178
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004912417900800203
Abstract
In Markov chain studies of occupational mobility, an interesting empirical pattern has been reported. Certain transrtion matrix eigenvectors provide surprisingly accurate proxies for occupational status. Through a number of formal illustra tions, this paper suggests why the pattern might in theory be expected, in the occupational mobility context and in other mobility contexts.Keywords
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