Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility in Europe and the United States

Published by Stanford University Press 2020

Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility in Europe and the United States

Edited by: Richard Breen and Walter Müller

In the series Studies in Social Inequality

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503611153

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About this book

A comprehensive study of trends in intergenerational social mobility during the 20th century, this book examines the role of educational expansion and equalization in shaping these developments in both Europe and the United States.

Author information

Richard Breen is Professor of Sociology and Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Walter Müller is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Mannheim University.

Reviews

Robert Erikson, Swedish Institute for Social Research:
"In this book, first-rate scholars show how social mobility among women and men has changed in the twentieth century, and how this change was influenced by educational expansion and by changes in the association between social origin and education. Their reliable analyses will be of great value to professionals and political actors with interest in social mobility and educational attainment."

Yossi Shavit:
"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in educational policy and social mobility. This team of leading international scholars use innovative comparative analysis to corroborate the claim that the expansion and equalization of education enhances mobility between social classes."

Michael Hout:
"Breen and Müller confront the belief that equalizing opportunity can solve Western nations' problems with inequality. Their sophisticated analysis shows why equalizing opportunity may be good in itself but is not the solution to today's problems. Western nations must confront rising inequalities in employment, income, and political voice directly and soon."

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Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
Contents Accessible Download PDF	v
Figures and Tables Accessible Download PDF	vii
Contributors Accessible Download PDF	xv
Acknowledgments Accessible Download PDF	xix
Chapter One. Introduction Social Mobility and Education in the Twentieth Century Richard Breen and Walter Müller Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
Chapter Two. Methodological Preliminaries Richard Breen Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	20
Chapter Three. The Land of Opportunity? Trends in Social Mobility and Education in the United States Florian R. Hertel and Fabian T. Pfeffer Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	29
Chapter Four. Sweden, the Middle Way? Trends and Patterns in Social Mobility and Educational Inequality Richard Breen and Jan O. Jonsson Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	69
Chapter Five. Intergenerational Mobility and Social Fluidity in France over Birth Cohorts and Across Age: The Role of Education Louis-André Vallet Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	91
Chapter Six. Education as an Equalizing Force: How Declining Educational Inequality and Educational Expansion Have Contributed to More Social Fluidity in Germany Reinhard Pollak and Walter Müller Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	122
Chapter Seven. The Swiss El Dorado? Education and Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century Switzerland Julie Falcon Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	150
Chapter Eight. The Role of Education in the Social Mobility of Dutch Cohorts, 1908–74 Richard Breen, Ruud Luijkx and Eline Berkers Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	173
Chapter Nine. Education and Social Fluidity in Contemporary Italy: An Analysis of Cohort Trends Carlo Barone and Raffaele Guetto Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	196
Chapter Ten. Intergenerational Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century Spain: Social Fluidity without Educational Equalization? Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Fabrizio Bernardi and Ruud Luijkx Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	224
Chapter Eleven. Social Mobility in the Twentieth Century in Europe and the United States Richard Breen and Walter Müller Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	251
Bibliography Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	297
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	325

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 360
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 73
Keywords: intergenerational mobility; class mobility; education; educational expansion; structural change; Europe; United States.

eBook

Published: February 4, 2020
ISBN: 9781503611153