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Previous work distinguishing the effects of structural change from stratification processes on mobility chances include the mobility ratio, the standard log-linear model for mobility tables, and the models proposed by Hope, and by Sobel, Hout and Duncan. Each approach is in some respect problematic. Adapting ideas from each approach, we present a model for mobility tables that distinguishes structural effects unambiguously from stratification processes. Our model incorporates a base of structural constancy and no association, together with stable structural effects unaffected by the particular pattern of association, as well as estimates of the association affecting each cell. An important feature of the model is that it can provide estimates of the direct effects of stratification processes and their consequences.
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Marks, G.N., Pittelkow, Y.E. & Jones, F.L. Structural changes and association in mobility tables: an integration and extension of existing approaches. Qual Quant 30, 61–86 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00139835
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