Using a new source of evidence we explore the geographical mobility of mid-nineteenth century seamen. Among seamen born …

conceptual issues for the recurrenteconomic history debate concerning the social mobility of Britain’s business leaders …

transformations over the past five hundred years, human migration and mobility have assumed a dimension which has proved new both in … the long-term economic changes which eventually modified the nature and quantity of labour mobility up to the level of …

We examine the performance of measures of mobility when allowance ismade for the possibility of data contamination. We … – usually prove to be non-robust in theface of contamination. However, “two-stage” models of mobility –where the distribution is …

can social housing do in helping create genuinely mixed communities?■ Can the way we run it encourage social mobility and … responsive to changing needs andenable greater geographical mobility?The report looks at the possible trade-offs between these …

This paper examines changes in earnings inequality and mobility between 1978/9 and 2005/6 using a unique dataset that … employment among women increased. It finds little long-range mobility. There is some evidence of greater short-range upward … mobility but also greater movement from the lowest earning decile since 1997/98. More sophisticated measures of mobility …

Lower barriers to entry and developments in world capital markets have increasedthe actual and potential mobility of …