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… We also find strong correlations with proxies for social capital and test scores. Along all of …
opportunity is most lacking.One practical challenge in using our estimates of social mobility to …

… of ‘social congestion’, ‘social exclusion’, and ‘social justice’, … research on education and
social mobility needs to be extended… social mobility, but by social congestion and an opportunity …

… IQ and economic success, and the long-run distributional impact of equal opportunity policy.
… stein answers that equalizing opportunity not only can, but will reduce social mobility. At first, …

… are inequality of educational opportunity (IEO) and mechanisms of social mobility (or immobility).
IEO … to social background. Social mobility means the differences in social achievement …

… to inequality of opportunity, and we concentrate on studies that focus on the social origin of
… In the empirical study of educational inequality and social mobility—or of the occupational …

… opportunity (IEO) and inequality of social opportunity (ISO), which the author defines as
differentials by social background in educational attainment and in social achievement, …

… countries, such research on social mobility and equal opportunity is still at an early stage, …
more closely correlated — mobility may be lower and opportunity structures more impermeable …

… I will describe selected historical trends in social mobility in … level, I maintain that social mobility
research is enriched by taking … still benefit a lot from aggregate analyses of social mobility. …

… opportunity in American society clearly indicate that there has been no decline in social
mobility; in fact, in some respects American society today is less rigid in terms of social …