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1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Timothy M. Smeeding, Robert Erikson, and Markus Jantti -- Understanding the mechanisms behind intergenerational persistence : a comparison of the United States and Great Britain / Jo Blanden ... [et al.] -- Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada / Miles Corak, Lori J. Curtis, and Shelley Phipps -- Status attainment and wealth in the United States and Germany / Fabian T. Pfeffer -- Occupations and social mobility : gradational, big-class, and micro-class reproduction in comparative perspective / Jan O. Jonsson ... [et al.] -- Income-related gaps in school readiness in the United States and the United Kingdom / Jane Waldfogel and Elizabeth Washbrook -- Economic deprivation in early childhood and adult attainment : comparative evidence from Norwegian Registry data and U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics / Greg J. Duncan ... [et al.] -- Causal effects of parents' education on children's education / John Ermisch and Chiara Pronzato -- Children's cognitive ability and parents' education : distinguishing the impact of mothers and fathers / John Jerrim and John Micklewright -- Unequal giving : monetary gifts to children across countries and over time / Julie M. Zissimopoulos and James P. Smith -- The role of social institutions in intergenerational mobility / Brian Nolan ... [et al.]. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Social mobility.
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Generations -- Economic aspects.
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Families -- Longitudinal studies.
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Cost and standard of living.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smeeding, Timothy M., editor.
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Jantti, Markus, 1966- editor.
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Erikson, Robert, 1938- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Persistence, privilege, and parenting : the comparative study of intergenerational mobility. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2011] ix, 379 pages ; 23 cm 9780871540317 (OCoLC)ocn720899479 |
| ISBN |
9780871540317 (alk. paper) |
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0871540312 (alk. paper) |
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9781610447546 (electronic bk.) |
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