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Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality

Elgar Handbooks on Inequality

The Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality is motivated by a core question in social science: to what extent does one’s family background and childhood experience predict success in life? Bringing together experts in their respective fields from across the globe, this innovative Research Handbook provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary account of the rich research on intergenerational inequality, focusing on its origins in sociology and economics. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Keywords:
Social mobility; Income mobility; Intergenerational transmission; Social reproduction; Socio-economic inequality; Equality of opportunity
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Front Matter
Chapter 1: Introduction: The economic and sociological approaches to studying the intergenerational transmission of inequality: Similarities, differences and convergence
Part I: Intergenerational inequalities across different outcomes
Part II: Contextual and demographic dimensions of intergenerational inequalities
Part III: How inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next
Back Matter
Handbook
Published:
17 May 2024
Print ISBN:
9781800888258
eISBN:
9781800888265
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888265
Pages:
468
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2024
Copyright:
Copyright Edward Elgar Publishing 2024
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