"Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? Unequal Chances provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers." "New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously…
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Editions
4 editions
Paperback · English · 2008
Princeton University Press · 320 pages · 9780691136202
Other · English · 2009
Princeton University Press · 320 pages · 9781282608290
Other · English · 2009
Princeton University Press · 304 pages · 9781400835492
Other · English · 2005
Princeton University Press · 304 pages · 9780691119304
EqualityFamilyIncome distributionSocial mobilitySocial aspectsSocial statusInheritance and successionPsychological aspects
