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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States Since 1850

The American economic review, 2013-06, Vol.103 (4), p.1109-1137 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright© 2013 The American Economic Association ;Copyright American Economic Association Jun 2013 ;ISSN: 0002-8282 ;EISSN: 1944-7981 ;DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.4.1109 ;CODEN: AENRAA

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Title:
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States Since 1850
Author: Long, Jason ; Ferrie, Joseph
Subjects: 19th century ; 20th century ; Censuses ; Economic change ; Economic conditions ; Economic history ; Europe ; Fathers ; Ferries ; Income distribution ; Industrialized nations ; Inequality ; Intergenerational relations ; Occupational distribution ; Occupational mobility ; Occupations ; Public opinion surveys ; Social mobility ; Sons ; Statistical results ; Statistics ; Studies ; Tolerance ; U.S.A ; United Kingdom ; Welfare state ; Western Europe
Is Part Of: The American economic review, 2013-06, Vol.103 (4), p.1109-1137
Description: The US tolerates more inequality than Europe and believes its economic mobility is greater than Europe's, though they had roughly equal rates of intergenerational occupational mobility in the late twentieth century. We extend this comparison into the nineteenth century using 10,000 nationally-representative British and US fathers and sons. The US was more mobile than Britain through 1900, so in the experience of those who created the US welfare state in the 1930s, the US had indeed been "exceptional." The US mobility lead over Britain was erased by the 1950s, as US mobility fell from its nineteenth century levels.
Publisher: Nashville: American Economic Association
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0002-8282
EISSN: 1944-7981
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.4.1109
CODEN: AENRAA
Source: ProQuest Central

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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Great Britain and the United States Since 1850

Copyright© 2013 The American Economic Association ;Copyright American Economic Association Jun 2013 ;ISSN: 0002-8282 ;EISSN: 1944-7981 ;DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.4.1109 ;CODEN: AENRAA

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