Economists and social scientists have long been interested in intergenerational mobility,
and documenting the persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an …

This article reviews the sociological and economic literature on intergenerational mobility.
Findings on social class, occupational status, earnings, and income mobility are discussed …

Our future depends very much on how we respond to three great challenges of the new
century, all of which threaten to increase social inequality: first, how we adapt institutions to …

We survey the literature on income mobility, aiming to provide an integrated discussion of
mobility within and between generations. We review mobility concepts, descriptive devices …

This study examines the conditions under which welfare state policies contribute to an
equalization of the opportunity structure, focusing in particular on Scandinavia. Using data …

The increase in economic disparities over the past 30 years has prompted extensive
research on the causes and consequences of inequality both in the United States and, more …

We develop methods and employ similar sample restrictions to analyse differences in
intergenerational earnings mobility across the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark …

OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS Intergenerational
Transmission of Disadvantage: Mobility or Immobility acro Page 1 DELSA/ELSA/WD/SEM(2007)7 …

Emily Beller and Michael Hout examine trends in US social mobility, especially as it relates
to the degree to which a person's income or occupation depends on his or her parents' …

We show that the patterns of intergenerational earnings mobility in Denmark, Finland and
Norway, unlike those for the US and the UK, are highly nonlinear. The Nordic relationship …