Mobility and Inequality (Paperback)

Stephen L. Morgan

ISBN 10: 0804778612 / ISBN 13: 9780804778619

Published by Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 2011

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Paperback. How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doctors and lawyers fail to enter high status careers upon completion of their schooling? As inequalities of wealth and income have increased in industrialized nations over the past 30 years, have patterns of between-generation mobility changed? In this volume, leading sociologists and economists present original findings and conceptual arguments in response to questions like these. After assessing the range of mobility patterns observed in recent decades, the volume considers the mechanisms that generate mobility, focusing on both the training and skills that are rewarded in the labor market as well as the role of educational institutions in certifying graduates for professional positions. The volume concludes with chapters that assess the contexts of social mobility, examining the impact of macroeconomic conditions and societal levels of inequality on social and economic mobility. This book is a collection of original research from the leading scholars in sociology and economics studying mobility and inequality. The volume brings together the state-of-the-art in the field and sets the agenda for future research. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mobility and Inequality (Paperback)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, Palo Alto
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804778612
• ISBN 13: 9780804778619
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doctors and lawyers fail to enter high status careers upon completion of their schooling? As inequalities of wealth and income have increased in industrialized nations over the past 30 years, have patterns of between-generation mobility changed? In this volume, leading sociologists and economists present original findings and conceptual arguments in response to questions like these. After assessing the range of mobility patterns observed in recent decades, the volume considers the mechanisms that generate mobility, focusing on both the training and skills that are rewarded in the labor market as well as the role of educational institutions in certifying graduates for professional positions. The volume concludes with chapters that assess the contexts of social mobility, examining the impact of macroeconomic conditions and societal levels of inequality on social and economic mobility.

About the Author

Stephen L. Morgan is Director of the Center for Study of Inequality and Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. David B. Grusky is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. Gary S. Fields is Professor of Labor Economics at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.