Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success /

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Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bowles, Samuel (Editor ), Gintis, Herbert (Editor ), Osborne Groves, Melissa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Income distribution > Social aspects.
Families > Economic aspects.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects.
Equality > Psychological aspects.
Social status > Psychological aspects.
Social mobility > Psychological aspects.
Revenu > Répartition > Aspect social.
Familles > Aspect économique.
Successions et héritages > Aspect social.
Statut social > Aspect psychologique.
Mobilité sociale > Aspect psychologique.
Equality > Psychological aspects
Families > Economic aspects
Income distribution > Social aspects
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects
Social mobility > Psychological aspects
Social status > Psychological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previous.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (314 pages)
ISBN:9781400835492
1400835496

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