This paper provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work on the Great Gatsby
Curve, the positive empirical relationship between cross-sectional income inequality, and …

The extent and causes of trends and cross-national variation in social class and
occupational status mobility have been major topics of sociological research for decades …

Social justice is both a goal and a process. The goal of social justice is full and equitable
participation of people from all social identity groups in a society that is mutually shaped to …

New evidence shows that intergenerational social mobility—the rate at which children born
into poverty climb the income ladder—varies considerably across the United States. Is this …

Close-kin marriage, by sustaining tightly knit family structures, may impede development.
We find support for this hypothesis using US state bans on cousin marriage. Our measure of …

I provide a theoretically informed discussion of the dynamics of human behavior, focusing on
the importance of culture (socially learned information) and tradition (transmission of culture …

We estimate long-run trends in intergenerational relative mobility for representative samples
of the US-born population. Harmonizing all surveys that include father's occupation and own …

The extent to which people's social status is associated with their parents' status has far-
reaching implications for the openness of and stratification in society. Whereas most …

Data from the distant past are fertile ground for testing social science theories of education
and social mobility. In this study, we construct a dataset from 3,640 tomb epitaphs of males …

Children born into poverty in rural America achieve higher average income levels as adults
than their urban peers. As economic opportunity tends to be more abundant in cities, this" …