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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463804603321

Titolo

Persistence, privilege, and parenting : the comparative study of intergenerational mobility / / Timothy M. Smeeding, Robert Erikson, and Markus Jäntti, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61044-754-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

305.5/13

Soggetti

Social mobility

Generations - Economic aspects

Families

Cost and standard of living

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Timothy M. Smeeding, Robert Erikson, and Markus Jäntti -- 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.].