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
Autor principal: Bowles, Samuel
Otros Autores: Gintis, Herbert, Osborne Groves, Melissa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Equality > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Families > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Income distribution > Social aspects > Congresses.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects > Congresses.
Social mobility > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Social status > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Business.
Familles > Aspect économique > Congrès.
Revenu > Répartition > Aspect social > Congrès.
Successions et héritages > Aspect social > Congrès.
Mobilité sociale > Aspect psychologique > Congrès.
Statut social > Aspect psychologique > Congrès.
Affaires.
businesses (business enterprises)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Equality > Psychological aspects.
Families > Economic aspects.
Income distribution > Social aspects.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects.
Social mobility > Psychological aspects.
Social status > Psychological aspects.
Conference papers and proceedings.
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 previously thought.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (315 pages)
ISBN:9781400835492
1400835496
0691119309
9780691119304
0691136203
9780691136202

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