long tradition (Black and Devereux, 2010, Bowles et al., 2005, Ganzeboom et al., 1991, Hout
and DiPrete, 2006, Morgan et al., 2006, Solon, 1999). For decades, scholars have debated
the main determinants of intergenerational mobility (eg Blau & Duncan, 1967), its changing
levels (eg Breen, 2004), cross-national differences and their explanations (eg Corak, 2004,
Erikson and Goldthorpe, 1992), and–from time to time–the theoretical underpinnings of the …