LEADER 05649nam 2200865 a 450 001 996210642903316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-60829-0 010 $a9786612608292 010 $a1-4008-3549-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400835492 035 $a(CKB)2670000000028669 035 $a(EBL)537631 035 $a(OCoLC)700686766 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000409530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271989 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10348338 035 $a(PQKB)11566698 035 $a(OCoLC)649913141 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36784 035 $a(DE-B1597)446806 035 $a(OCoLC)979577265 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400835492 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394789 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL260829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537631 035 $a(PPN)187308802 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000028669 100 $a20040514d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnequal chances$b[electronic resource] $efamily background and economic success /$fedited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne Groves 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 300 $aResearch from a workshop, "Persistent Inequality in a Competitive World," and from other projects funded by a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to the Santa Fe Institute. 311 $a0-691-11930-9 311 $a0-691-13620-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction / $rBowles, Samuel / Gintis, Herbert / Osborne Groves, Melissa -- $tChapter One. The Apple Does not Fall Far from the Tree / $rDuncan, Greg / Kalil, Ariel / Mayer, Susan E. / Tepper, Robin / Payne, Monique R. -- $tChapter Two. The Apple Falls even Closer to the Tree than We Thought / $rMazumder, Bhashkar -- $tChapter Three. The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults / $rHarding, David J. / Jencks, Christopher / Lopoo, Leonard M. / Mayer, Susan E. -- $tChapter Four. Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation / $rBjörklund, Anders / Jäntti, Markus / Solon, Gary -- $tChapter Five. Rags, Riches, and Race / $rHertz, Tom -- $tChapter Six. Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes Between Parents and their Children / $rLoehlin, John C. -- $tChapter Seven. Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status / $rOsborne Groves, Melissa -- $tChapter Eight. Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China / $rFeldman, Marcus W. / Li, Shuzhuo / Li, Nan / Tuljapurkar, Shripad / Jin, Xiaoyi -- $tChapter Nine. Justice, Luck, and The Family / $rSwift, Adam -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIs the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously thought. Moreover, while the inheritance of wealth and the better schooling typically enjoyed by the children of the well-to-do contribute to this process, these two standard explanations fail to explain the extent of intergenerational status transmission. The genetic inheritance of IQ is even less important. Instead, parent-offspring similarities in personality and behavior may play an important role. Race contributes to the process, and the intergenerational mobility patterns of African Americans and European Americans differ substantially. Following the editors' introduction are chapters by Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Susan E. Mayer, Robin Tepper, and Monique R. Payne; Bhashkar Mazumder; David J. Harding, Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Susan E. Mayer; Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, and Gary Solon; Tom Hertz; John C. Loehlin; Melissa Osborne Groves; Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, Nan Li, Shripad Tuljapurkar, and Xiaoyi Jin; and Adam Swift. 606 $aIncome distribution$xSocial aspects 606 $aFamilies$xEconomic aspects 606 $aInheritance and succession$xSocial aspects 606 $aEquality$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSocial status$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSocial mobility$xPsychological aspects 610 1 $aInequality 610 1 $aFamily background 610 1 $aUnequal chances 610 1 $aEconomic success 615 0$aIncome distribution$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aFamilies$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aInheritance and succession$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEquality$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aSocial status$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aSocial mobility$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a339.2/2 686 $a71.12$2bcl 701 $aBowles$b Samuel$0119363 701 $aGintis$b Herbert$0147648 701 $aOsborne Groves$b Melissa$0878947 712 02$aRussell Sage Foundation. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996210642903316 996 $aUnequal chances$91962641 997 $aUNISA