Mobility and Inequality - 9780804752497

Mobility and InequalityFrontiers of Research in Sociology and Economics\nAuthor(s): Stephen L. Morgan, David B. Grusky, Gary S. Fields\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804752497, 978-0804752497\nSynopsis\nHow 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? \n\n 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 sk.