Understanding recent patterns in intergenerational social mobility: differences by gender, ethnicity, education, and their intersections

Lindsey Macmillan () and Abigail McKnight ()
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Lindsey Macmillan: UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities
Abigail McKnight: Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE

No 22-07, CEPEO Working Paper Series from UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities

Abstract: This paper presents new estimates of recent social mobility in the UK by gender, education and ethnicity, and their intersections. We measure absolute social class mobility using data from the Labour Force Survey 2014-2018. Overall, little change in social mobility occurred over this short period but sub-group analysis using a pooled sample reveals some important new findings. Education is associated with greater chances for upward mobility and lower risk of downward mobility, particularly for men. There are also stark ethnic differences in social mobility prospects in the UK.

Keywords: intergenerational mobility; gender; ethnicity; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2022-06, Revised 2022-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-eur and nep-lab
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