In The Class Ceiling, authors Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison deftly dismantle popular
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and …

This article demonstrates how class origin shapes earnings in higher professional and
managerial employment. Taking advantage of newly released data in Britain's Labour Force …

Graduate outcomes–including rates of employment and earnings–are marked by persistent
inequalities related to social class, as well as gender, ethnicity and institution. Despite …

Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to
work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds …

How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional
careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doctors and lawyers fail to enter high …

Elite universities are credited as launch points for the widest variety of meaningful careers.
Yet, year after year at the most selective universities, nearly half the graduating seniors head …

Although a robust literature has demonstrated a positive relationship between education
and socio-economic attainment, the processes through which formal schooling yields …

Despite the theoretical importance of intragenerational mobility and its connection to
intergenerational mobility, no study since the 1970s has documented trends in …

The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the children of the wealthy.
Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances …

Intragenerational mobility—persistent or secular upward or downward changes in
individuals' economic positions or occupational standing over their working lives—is …