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Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective

  • Robert Erikson
  • John H. Goldthorpe
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 16, no. 3, Summer 2002
(pp. 31–44)
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Abstract

When economists are concerned with the inheritance of inequality, they typically focus on the intergenerational transmission of income or wealth. In contrast, sociologists are more likely to analyze intergenerational mobility between (and immobility in) different class positions.

Citation

Erikson, Robert, and John H. Goldthorpe. 2002. "Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16 (3): 31–44. DOI: 10.1257/089533002760278695

JEL Classification

  • D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
  • J62 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
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