Social mobility in developing countries concepts, methods, and determinants
Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about ris...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | UNU-WIDER studies in development economics / UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
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| Summary: | Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about rising inequality have engendered a renewed interest in social mobility - especially in the developing world. However, efforts to construct the databases and meet the standards required for conventional analyses of social mobility are at a preliminary stage and need to be complemented by innovative, conceptual, and methodological advances. If forms of mobility have slowed in the West, then we might be entering an age of rigid stratification with defined boundaries between the always-haves and the never-haves - which does not augur well for social stability |
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| Physical Description: | 728 pages illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| ISBN: | 9780191919138 |