Mobility and Inequality Frontiers of Research in Sociology and Economics [Paperback]

How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doctors and lawyers fail to enter high status careers upon completion of their schooling? As inequalities of wealth and income have increased in industrialized nations over the past 30 years, have patterns of between-generation mobility changed?In this volume, leading sociologists and economists present original findings and conceptual arguments in response to questions like these. After assessing the range of mobility patterns observed in recent decades, the volume considers the mechanisms that generate mobility, focusing on both the training and skills that are rewarded in the labor market as well as the role of educational institutions in certifying graduates for professional positions. The volume concludes with chapters that assess the contexts of social mobility, examining the impact of macroeconomic conditions and societal levels of inequality on social and economic mobility.This book is a collection of original research from the leading scholars in sociology and economics studying mobility and inequality. The volume brings together the state-of-the-art in the field and sets the agenda for future research.Stephen L. Morgan is Director of the Center for Study of Inequality and Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. David B. Grusky is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. Gary S. Fields is Professor of Labor Economics at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. This volume is the best source for any scholar seeking a one-volume treatment of current issues and findings on mobility and inequality. InMobility and Inequality, some of the very best scholars in economics and sociology bring the intergenerational mobility literature forward in ways that conventional journal articles generally are unable to do. By blending these approaches to mobility research, the lS"