Trends in intergenerational class mobility in modern Britain: Evidence from national surveys, 1972-2005

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-100

  Goldthorpe, John H ^a   Mills, Colin ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social class; Social fluidity; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149396861     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950108096591     Document Type: Article

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