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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
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Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility [PDF]
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of ...
Bauer, Philipp C., Riphahn, Regina T.
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Intergenerational Mobility, Middle Sectors and Entrepreneurship in Uruguay [PDF]
, 2012 Virginia Robano, Néstor Gándelman
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article rethinks meritocratic ideology as practical knowledge that transforms through biographies of social and geographical mobility. Drawing on 37 interviews with Black and Muslim Italians living in Britain or returned to Italy, the article shows that meritocracy is rarely invoked as a coherent ideology but works as practical, embodied ...
Simone Varriale, Michela Franceschelli
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The economic impact of upward and downward occupational mobility: A comparison of eight EU member states [PDF]
Recent literature agrees that the degree of intergenerational mobility substantially differs across European countries, ranked between the “mobile” Nordic countries and the “immobile” Anglo-Saxon and Southern ones.
Francesco Vona, Michele Raitano
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Worklessness in the UK [PDF]
This research analyses the magnitude of the intergenerational correlation in worklessness in the UK using the two British birth cohorts. By using the British Cohort Study of those born in 1970, the magnitude of the intergenerational correlation of ...
Lindsey Macmillan
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Sweden, as in many countries, immigrant youth tend to exhibit higher educational aspirations than native‐born youth, yet their attainment often falls short of their greater ambitions. This study, resulting from a research project focused on educational transitions in two Swedish municipalities, explores two mechanisms that help explain the ...
Andrea Voyer, Stefan Lund
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Housing Behaviors for Older Households in South Korea: The Role of Intergenerational Networks
BuildingsThis study assesses the predictions of future mobility rates and tenure choice behaviors by characterizing older households by age and place, focusing on the role of intergenerational networks.
Jinyhup Kim
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Income and Education: A Comparison of Japan and France [PDF]
The paper compares the extent of intergenerational earnings and educational correlation in Japan and France. It uses very similar repeated surveys that provide information on educational attainment and family background, conducted in Japan and France. To
Arnaud LEFRANC +2 more
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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
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