Gaps and glissandos: inequality, economic development and social mobility in 24 countries.

A. Tyree, M. Semyonov, R. W. Hodge

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)410-424
Number of pages15
JournalAmerican Sociological Review
Volume44
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1979

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