INHERITING THE JOB: INTERGENERATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY AND CLOSURE IN TÜRKİYE

This paper analyzes intergenerational occupational status transmission and mobility at national and regional levels using micro-data from the 2021 Family Structure Survey (TAYA). Through transition matrices and odds ratios, we examined the tendency of children to remain in their fathers' occupational groups. Our results indicate strong persistence at both the top and bottom of the occupational hierarchy. Professional occupations and skilled agricultural jobs exhibit the highest closure, while labor exiting agriculture primarily shifts to the "open channel" service sector. Regional patterns are heterogeneous: agricultural ties are dissolving in the Industrial West (7%), but property-based closure remains strong in the East, Central, and Coastal West (30-34%). High entry barriers for professional roles persist nationwide, independent of development levels. Ultimately, while structural transformation has increased absolute mobility, inequalities transmitted via education and property continue to restrict relative mobility.