Based on a novel class scheme and a unique compilation of German and American data, this book reveals that intergenerational class mobility increased over most

"How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe! While it h

Filippo and Caroline Osella, anthropologists who spent three years in rural Kerala, south India, write about the modern search for upward social mobility: the p

Developing New National Data on Social Mobility summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 to consider options for a design for a new national survey on social