Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective

Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, vol. 16, issue 3, 31-44

Abstract: When economists are concerned with the inheritance of inequality, they typically focus on the intergenerational transmission of income or wealth. In contrast, sociologists are more likely to analyze intergenerational mobility between (and immobility in) different class positions.

Date: 2002
Note: DOI: 10.1257/089533002760278695
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