The direct effect of social origins on social mobility chances: ‘Glass Floors’ and ‘Glass Ceilings’ in Britain

In this paper we pursue, using appropriate British birth-cohort data, various issues that arise from recent research into the ‘direct’ effect of social origins on individuals’ social mobility chances: i.e. the effect that is not mediated by education and that can be seen as giving rise to non-merito...

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Main Authors: Gugushvili, A, Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017