Son Also Rises

Name: Son Also Rises
Brand: Princeton University Press
SKU: 9780691168371
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Surnames and the History of Social Mobility

Автор: Gregory Clark

Език:

Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Princeton University Press

Наличност: Външен склад

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How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influen...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Gregory Clark

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2015

страници

384

EAN

9780691168371

ISBN

9780691168371

Enbook ID

09405354

Издател

Princeton University Press

Теглоt

362

Размери

139 x 218 x 27

Пълно описание

How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique - tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods - renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies

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