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Title: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States Since 1850: Comment

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Social scientists in general, and sociologists in particular, have long been interested in intergenerational occupational mobility. Indeed, among sociologists the interest is so common that they often refer to intergenerational occupational mobility simply as social mobility. Most notable among innumerable contributions to the large literature on social mobility are the landmark studies by Blau and Duncan (1967) and Featherman and Hauser (1978) for the United States and by Erikson and Goldthorpe (1992) for Europe. In these studies, social mobility is taken to measure a societys openness. A widely accepted view rooted in neoclassical liberalism is that more social mobility, i.e., more openness, is good for a society, as it encourages placement of individuals in social positions according to competence rather than social origin (Hout 1988).

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Authors: Killewald, Alexandra; Xie, Yu

Periodical (Full): American Economic Review

Issue: 5

Volume: 103

Pages: 2003-2020

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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