determine the life chances of children is complicated; the result of a particular history, societal values, and the nature of …

of age in a more polarized labor market, while the substantial rise in the income shares of the top 1 percent, their … access to sources of high-quality human capital investment for their children, and the intergenerational transmission of …

employer from the father, while the preservation of high income status is distinctly related to this tendency. These findings … stress that child adult outcomes are related to the structure of labour markets, and underscore the role of resources parents … children …

-employment income and the number of employers with which the father has had direct contact. It has an important influence in determining …

the future of their children through the family, the labour market, and public policy actually differ? Using a number of … representative household surveys we find that the configuration of all three sources of investment and support for children differs … significantly, disadvantaged American children living in much more challenging circumstances, and the role of public policy not as …