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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 of the past century. While country differences in intergenerational mobility are surprisingly small, gender, regional, racial and ethnic differences were initially large but declined over time. At the end of the 20th century, however, mobility prospects turned to the worse in both countries. In light of these findings, the book develops a narrative account of historical socio-political developments that are likely to have driven the basic resemblances across countries but also account for the initial decline and the more recent increase in intergenerational inequality.
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Book Title: Social Mobility in the 20th Century
Book Subtitle: Class Mobility and Occupational Change in the United States and Germany
Authors: Florian R. Hertel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14785-3
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-14784-6Published: 15 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-14785-3Published: 09 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 391
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Demography, Sociology of Work