Search Results - subject:"Social Mobility"

Unpacking indigenous social mobility : entrepreneurs, social networks, and connections to culture

Côté, Rochelle; Evans, Michelle - In: Business & society 64 (2025) 1, pp. 45-86

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Hotel of Mum and Dad? Co-residence with parents among those aged 25-34

Atikinson, Isabel; Boileau, Bee; Sturrock, David - 2025

This report describes patterns of co-residence of young adults at a parental home in the United Kingdom. We show how the rate of co-residence varies across dimensions such as income, region and ethnicity. We show how it has changed in recent years and discuss potential drivers of the rise...

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Hotel of Mum and Dad? : co-residence with parents among those aged 25-34

Atikinson, Isabel; Boileau, Bee; Sturrock, David - 2025

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The myth of Nordic mobility : social mobility rates in modern Denmark and Sweden

Clark, Gregory; Hørlyk Kristensen, Martin - 2025

In this paper we estimate social mobility rates, free of measurement errors, using register data for Denmark and Sweden … locations in family trees, such as cousins relative to siblings. Three things emerge from these estimates. First social mobility … reputation for high social mobility rates, have nearly the same degree of persistence as in modern England, and also nineteenth …

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How does a poor labour market affect inequalities in access to postsecondary education? : empirical evidence from 31 affluent countries

Lindemann, Kristina; Gangl, Markus - 2025

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Where are inequalities produced? : comparing the variations of graduate employment between the UK's districts and universities

Yu, Yang - 2025

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Levelling the playing field? : SES differences in graduate degree choices

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2025

In many countries, subsidies towards higher education and financial aid to students from poorer backgrounds have reduced socio-economic status (SES) gaps in undergraduate study. The increasing importance of graduate studies that are typically more expensive may, however, provide a new avenue for...

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Optimal tax policies for social mobility when wealth transfers and education investments matter

Pestieau, Pierre; Racionero, Maria del Mar - 2025

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The effects on inequality and mobility of exposure to Soviet Communism in Eastern Europe

Costa-Font, Joan; Nicińska, Anna; Roig, Melcior Rossello - 2025 - This Version: June 2025

We compare inequality and social mobility trends in Eastern European countries exposed to Soviet Communist (SC) regimes … countries exposed to SC and those unexposed. Although individuals exposed to SC enjoyed higher levels of social mobility …

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Built, not born : how education predicts billionaire wealth

Kendzia, Michael Jan; Neville, Tomas; Gadgil, Maya - 2025

This study investigates the key drivers behind the wealth accumulation of America's 100 richest self-made billionaires, using data from the Forbes 400 list. Focusing on five individual and contextual factors - education, innovation, networks, inheritance, and geographic origins - the research...

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