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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowles, Samuel
Other Authors: Osborne Groves, Melissa, Gintis, Herbert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social status > Psychological aspects.
Social mobility > Psychological aspects.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects.
Income distribution > Social aspects.
Families > Economic aspects.
Equality > Psychological aspects.
Business.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
businesses (business enterprises)
Affaires.
Statut social > Aspect psychologique > Congres.
Mobilite sociale > Aspect psychologique > Congres.
Successions et heritages > Aspect social > Congres.
Revenu > Repartition > Aspect social > Congres.
Familles > Aspect economique > Congres.
Social status > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Social mobility > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects > Congresses.
Income distribution > Social aspects > Congresses.
Families > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Equality > Psychological aspects > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781400835492

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