Abstract
Intergenerational mobility has been seen as influenced by both level of economic development and political democracy. Here, with a sample of 24 countries, the first of these relationships is assessed. The observed effect of economic development on mobility is a spurious consequence of the shape of the stratification system, indicated by the shape of both reward distributions and occupational distributions. -Authors
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 410-424 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | American Sociological Review |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1979 |