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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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
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree; Chapter Two: The Apple Falls Even Closer to the Tree than We Thought: New and Revised Estimates of the Intergenerational Inheritance of Earnings; Chapter Three: The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults; Chapter Four: Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden; Chapter Five: Rags, Riches, and Race: The Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Families in the United States.
  • Chapter Six: Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes between Parents and Their Children: Genetic and Environmental ContributionsChapter Seven: Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status; Chapter Eight: Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China; Chapter Nine: Justice, Luck, and the Family: The Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Advantage from a Normative Perspective; References; Index.

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