Unequal Chances :: Family Background and Economic Success.
Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are un...
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| Summary: | Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously thought. |
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| spelling | Bowles, Samuel. Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (315 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree; Chapter Two: The Apple Falls Even Closer to the Tree than We Thought: New and Revised Estimates of the Intergenerational Inheritance of Earnings; Chapter Three: The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults; Chapter Four: Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden; Chapter Five: Rags, Riches, and Race: The Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Families in the United States. Chapter Six: Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes between Parents and Their Children: Genetic and Environmental ContributionsChapter Seven: Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status; Chapter Eight: Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China; Chapter Nine: Justice, Luck, and the Family: The Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Advantage from a Normative Perspective; References; Index. Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously thought. English. Equality Psychological aspects Congresses. Families Economic aspects Congresses. Income distribution Social aspects Congresses. Inheritance and succession Social aspects Congresses. Social mobility Psychological aspects Congresses. Social status Psychological aspects Congresses. Business. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018260 Familles Aspect économique Congrès. Revenu Répartition Aspect social Congrès. Successions et héritages Aspect social Congrès. Mobilité sociale Aspect psychologique Congrès. Statut social Aspect psychologique Congrès. Affaires. businesses (business enterprises) aat business (commercial function) aat BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. bisacsh Business fast Equality Psychological aspects fast Families Economic aspects fast Income distribution Social aspects fast Inheritance and succession Social aspects fast Social mobility Psychological aspects fast Social status Psychological aspects fast Conference papers and proceedings fast Gintis, Herbert. Osborne Groves, Melissa. Print version: Bowles, Samuel. Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691136202 |
| spellingShingle | Bowles, Samuel Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree; Chapter Two: The Apple Falls Even Closer to the Tree than We Thought: New and Revised Estimates of the Intergenerational Inheritance of Earnings; Chapter Three: The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults; Chapter Four: Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden; Chapter Five: Rags, Riches, and Race: The Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Families in the United States. Chapter Six: Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes between Parents and Their Children: Genetic and Environmental ContributionsChapter Seven: Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status; Chapter Eight: Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China; Chapter Nine: Justice, Luck, and the Family: The Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Advantage from a Normative Perspective; References; Index. Equality Psychological aspects Congresses. Families Economic aspects Congresses. Income distribution Social aspects Congresses. Inheritance and succession Social aspects Congresses. Social mobility Psychological aspects Congresses. Social status Psychological aspects Congresses. Business. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018260 Familles Aspect économique Congrès. Revenu Répartition Aspect social Congrès. Successions et héritages Aspect social Congrès. Mobilité sociale Aspect psychologique Congrès. Statut social Aspect psychologique Congrès. Affaires. businesses (business enterprises) aat business (commercial function) aat BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. bisacsh Business fast Equality Psychological aspects fast Families Economic aspects fast Income distribution Social aspects fast Inheritance and succession Social aspects fast Social mobility Psychological aspects fast Social status Psychological aspects fast |
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| title | Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. |
| title_auth | Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. |
| title_exact_search | Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. |
| title_full | Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. |
| title_fullStr | Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unequal Chances : Family Background and Economic Success. |
| title_short | Unequal Chances : |
| title_sort | unequal chances family background and economic success |
| title_sub | Family Background and Economic Success. |
| topic | Equality Psychological aspects Congresses. Families Economic aspects Congresses. Income distribution Social aspects Congresses. Inheritance and succession Social aspects Congresses. Social mobility Psychological aspects Congresses. Social status Psychological aspects Congresses. Business. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018260 Familles Aspect économique Congrès. Revenu Répartition Aspect social Congrès. Successions et héritages Aspect social Congrès. Mobilité sociale Aspect psychologique Congrès. Statut social Aspect psychologique Congrès. Affaires. businesses (business enterprises) aat business (commercial function) aat BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. bisacsh Business fast Equality Psychological aspects fast Families Economic aspects fast Income distribution Social aspects fast Inheritance and succession Social aspects fast Social mobility Psychological aspects fast Social status Psychological aspects fast |
| topic_facet | Equality Psychological aspects Congresses. Families Economic aspects Congresses. Income distribution Social aspects Congresses. Inheritance and succession Social aspects Congresses. Social mobility Psychological aspects Congresses. Social status Psychological aspects Congresses. Business. Familles Aspect économique Congrès. Revenu Répartition Aspect social Congrès. Successions et héritages Aspect social Congrès. Mobilité sociale Aspect psychologique Congrès. Statut social Aspect psychologique Congrès. Affaires. businesses (business enterprises) business (commercial function) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics. POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions. Business Equality Psychological aspects Families Economic aspects Income distribution Social aspects Inheritance and succession Social aspects Social mobility Psychological aspects Social status Psychological aspects Conference papers and proceedings |
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