Social Effect of Intergenerational Academic Background Mobility

The intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups

This study examines the intergenerational social mobility of different ethnic groups in Britain between 1971 and 1991. The small body of previous research on intergenerational mobility and ethnicity in Britain has not distinguished between pre-migration and post-migration social class, and thus has been unable to relate findings directly to studies of intergenerational social mobility or to acc...

Intergenerational Social Mobility and Assortative Mating in Britain*

This paper investigates the links between the socio-economic position of parents and the socio-economic position of their offspring and, through the marriage market, the socioeconomic position of their offspring’s parents-in-law. Using the Goldthorpe-Hope score of occupational prestige as a measure of status and samples drawn from the British Household Panel Survey 1991-1999, we find that the i...

A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries

Breast feeding and intergenerational social mobility: what are the mechanisms?

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between breast feeding and intergenerational social mobility and the possible mediating role of neurological and stress mechanisms. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from the 1958 and the 1970 British Cohort Studies. SETTING Longitudinal study of individuals born in Britain during 1 week in 1958 and 1970. PARTICIPANTS 17 419 individuals participate...

A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries

Policy reform can remove obstacles to intergenerational social mobility and thereby promote equality of opportunities across individuals. Such reform will also enhance economic growth by allocating human resources to their best use. This chapter assesses recent crosscountry patterns in intergenerational social mobility and examines the role that public policies play in affecting mobility. Inter...