  In this study, we make use of empirically observed occupational
stratification patterns, in order to identify the relationship between
education and social mobility of individuals - the latter is approximated by
the social distance of an individual's occupation from his/her household's
traditional niche occupation. Our study draws upon a novel occupational network
construction proposed in Lambert et.al (2018), with slight adjustments, to
empirically identify social stratification patterns using cross sectional
household surveys available in the Indian context. We use IHDS-2 data-set for
the purpose of our study.
