“Non-competing social groups”? The long debate on social mobility in Italy (c. 1890–1960)
Giacomo Gabbuti
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2023, vol. 30, issue 6, 1124-1149
Abstract:
In the light of the recent literature on the intellectual history of inequality, this paper offers the first survey and a tentative classification of the Italian literature addressing issues related to social mobility, from the late 19th century to the “Economic Miracle” of the 1950s. During these decades, the foremost Italian economists and statisticians (among others, Pareto, Gini, Einaudi and Pantaleoni) worked on issues highly related to the modern understanding of social mobility, from the role of inheritance to the intergenerational transmission of status. While reflecting the evolution and debates in Italian society, these authors also participated in a broader international debate, which should lead us to reconsider the supposed lack of interest in inequality among the economists of this period.
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2023.2225864
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