  Colleting the data through a survey in the Northern region of Malaysia;
Kedah, Perlis, Penang and Perak, this study investigates intergenerational
social mobility in Malaysia. We measure and analyzed the factors that influence
social-economic mobility by using binary choice model (logit model). Social
mobility can be measured in several ways, by income, education, occupation or
social class. More often, economic research has focused on some measure of
income. Social mobility variable is measured using the difference between
educational achievement between a father and son. If there is a change of at
least of two educational levels between a father and son, then this study will
assign the value one which means that social mobility has occurred.
