We study the relationship between inter-class inequality and intergenerational class mobility
across 39 countries. Previous research on the relationship between economic inequality …

A large body of often rather complex findings on intergenerational social mobility has by now
come into existence but theoretical development has not kept pace. In this paper, focusing …

The US Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018.
Initially designed to assess the nation's progress in combatting poverty, PSID's scope …

The question of inequality of opportunity is central to all nations–at least to all nations with a
liberal-democratic regime. In spite of political support for reducing or even eliminating …

Education is the single most important determinantof life chances. Hence, reducing
socioeconomic inequalities in education is a priority in promoting equal opportunities. This …

Although researchers have observed that film depictions of young adult coresiders (ie young
adults who live with their parents) tend to be negative, no research has systematically …

Scholars have explored three channels through which educational expansion contributes to
increased intergenerational social mobility: the compositional effect, educational …

We study the evolution of intergenerational inequality of college attainment in the United
States over the 20th century. For this purpose, we expand the Breen-Goldthorpe model of …

That young Canadians are obtaining more education than previous generations might
suggest that the relationship between parents' education and that of their children has …

Intergenerational social mobility refers to the relationship between the socioeconomic
positions that individuals occupy and the positions in which they were brought up (Breen …