Unequal chances Family background and economic success

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 un...

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Main Authors:	Bowles, Samuel, Gintis, Herbert, Osborne Groves, Melissa
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ u.a Princeton Univ. Press 2005 Princeton University Press Russell Sage Foundation Princeton Univ. Press [u.a.] N.J
Edition:	1
Subjects:	Accuracy and precision Adolescence Adoption Bildungschance Bildungschancen Bildungspolitik BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory Chi-squared test Child mortality China Coefficient of relationship Cohort study Correlation and dependence Decile Dummy variable (statistics) Economic aspects Economic conditions Economic inequality Economic mobility Economics Educational attainment Educational inequality Einkommensverteilung Equal opportunity Equality Equality > Psychological aspects Estimation Ethnic groups Expected value Extended family Externality Family Family > Economic aspects Family income Family planning Family support Family values Far from the Tree Fertility Free parameter Grandparent Heritability Heritability of IQ Household Human capital Hypergamy Income Income distribution Income distribution > Social aspects Income in the United States Inheritance Inheritance and succession Inheritance and succession > Social aspects Judith Rich Harris Living conditions Logistic regression Marginal cost Marriage gap Mate choice Obesity Occupational inequality Omission bias Orphanage Parenting styles Population projection Population Research Institute Private school Psychological aspects Quantile Quantile regression Quartile Remarriage Risk aversion Sampling (statistics) Sampling error Santa Fe Institute Scarcity (social psychology) Sex linkage Sex ratio Sex-selective abortion Sibling Social aspects Social Classes Social inequality Social mobility Social mobility > Psychological aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity Social status Social status > Psychological aspects Socioeconomic status Sociology Soziale Mobilität Soziale Ungleichheit Sozialer Status Sozialpolitik Standard deviation Standard of living Sweden The Bell Curve Trait theory Unemployment USA Wealth Weighted arithmetic mean Welt USA Sweden China Income Sex linkage Sampling (statistics) Judith Rich Harris Family support Private school Fertility Cohort study Population Research Institute Child mortality Chi-squared test Accuracy and precision Far from the Tree Marriage gap Adoption Economics Sampling error Standard of living Obesity Family planning Dummy variable (statistics) Family values Occupational inequality Estimation Household Educational inequality Unemployment Educational attainment Population projection Sex ratio Income distribution Logistic regression Expected value Equal opportunity Scarcity (social psychology) Heritability Remarriage Adolescence Socioeconomic status Decile Sibling Externality Quantile regression Santa Fe Institute Parenting styles Weighted arithmetic mean Extended family Quartile Standard deviation Correlation and dependence Quantile Income in the United States Human capital Family income Hypergamy Trait theory Mate choice Economic mobility Omission bias Free parameter Coefficient of relationship Risk aversion Orphanage Economic inequality Sex-selective abortion Heritability of IQ Grandparent Marginal cost The Bell Curve Wealth
ISBN:	0691119309, 9780691119304, 0691136203, 9780691136202, 1400835496, 9781400835492
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Unequal chances: family background and economic success -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTIONSAMUEL BOWLES, HERBERT GINTIS, AND MELISSA OSBORNE GROVES -- CHAPTER ONE: THE APPLE DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREEGREG DUNCAN, ARIEL KALIL, SUSAN E. MAYER, ROBIN TEPPER, AND MONIQUE R. PAYNE -- CHAPTER TWO: THE APPLE FALLS EVEN CLOSER TO THE TREE THAN WE THOUGHT: NEW AND REVISED ESTIMATES OF THE INTERGENERATIONAL INHERITANCE OF EARNINGSBHASHKAR MAZUMDER -- CHAPTER THREE: THE CHANGING EFFECT OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON THE INCOMES OF AMERICAN ADULTSDAVID J. HARDING, CHRISTOPHER JENCKS, LEONARD M. LOPOO, AND SUSAN E. MAYER -- CHAPTER FOUR: INFLUENCES OF NATURE AND NURTURE ON EARNINGS VARIATION: A REPORT ON A STUDY OF VARIOUS SIBLING TYPES IN SWEDENANDERS BJORKLUND, MARKUS JANTTI, AND GARY SOLON -- CHAPTER FIVE: RAGS, RICHES, AND RACE: THE INTERGENERATIONAL ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF BLACK AND WHITE FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATESTOM HERTZ -- CHAPTER SIX: RESEMBLANCE IN PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDES BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN: GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONSJOHN C. LOEHLIN -- CHAPTER SEVEN: PERSONALITY AND THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ECONOMIC STATUSMELISSA OSBORNE GROVES -- CHAPTER EIGHT: SON PREFERENCE, MARRIAGE, AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER IN RURAL CHINAMARCUS W. FELDMAN, SHUZHUO LI, NAN LI, SHRIPAD TULJAPURKAR, AND XIAOYI JIN -- CHAPTER NINE: JUSTICE, LUCK, AND THE FAMILY: THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE FROM A NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVEADAM SWIFT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Front Matter Table of Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION Chapter One: THE APPLE DOES NOT FALL FAR FROM THE TREE Chapter Two: THE APPLE FALLS EVEN CLOSER TO THE TREE THAN WE THOUGHT: Chapter Three: THE CHANGING EFFECT OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON THE INCOMES OF AMERICAN ADULTS Chapter Four: INFLUENCES OF NATURE AND NURTURE ON EARNINGS VARIATION: Chapter Five: RAGS, RICHES, AND RACE: Chapter Six: RESEMBLANCE IN PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDES BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN: Chapter Seven: PERSONALITY AND THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF ECONOMIC STATUS Chapter Eight: SON PREFERENCE, MARRIAGE, AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER IN RURAL CHINA Chapter Nine: JUSTICE, LUCK, AND THE FAMILY: REFERENCES INDEX
Cover Title Page, Copyright Contents Preface INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree CHAPTER TWO: The Apple Falls Even Closer to the Tree than We Thought: New and Revised Estimates of the Intergenerational Inheritance of Earnings CHAPTER THREE: The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults CHAPTER FOUR: Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden CHAPTER FIVE: Rags, Riches, and Race: The Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Families in the United States CHAPTER SIX: Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes between Parents and Their Children: Genetic and Environmental Contributions CHAPTER SEVEN: Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status CHAPTER EIGHT: Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China CHAPTER NINE: Justice, Luck, and the Family: The Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Advantage from a Normative Perspective References Index
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: The Apple Does Not Fall Far from the Tree -- CHAPTER TWO: The Apple Falls Even Closer to the Tree than We Thought: New and Revised Estimates of the Intergenerational Inheritance of Earnings -- CHAPTER THREE: The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults -- CHAPTER FOUR: Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden -- CHAPTER FIVE: Rags, Riches, and Race: The Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Families in the United States -- CHAPTER SIX: Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes between Parents and Their Children: Genetic and Environmental Contributions -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China -- CHAPTER NINE: Justice, Luck, and the Family: The Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Advantage from a Normative Perspective -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
Tom Hertz --
Melissa Osborne Groves --
Chapter Five. Rags, Riches, and Race
Chapter Eight. Son Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China
Chapter One. The Apple Does not Fall Far from the Tree
Index
Adam Swift --
John C. Loehlin --
Chapter Seven. Personality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status
Preface
Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Melissa Osborne Groves --
Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Susan E. Mayer, Robin Tepper, Monique R. Payne --
Chapter Six. Resemblance in Personality and Attitudes Between Parents and their Children
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Bhashkar Mazumder --
Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, Nan Li, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Xiaoyi Jin --
Contents
Chapter Three. The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults
Introduction
References
Chapter Nine. Justice, Luck, and The Family
Frontmatter --
Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, Gary Solon --
Chapter Four. Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation
Chapter Two. The Apple Falls even Closer to the Tree than We Thought
David J. Harding, Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, Susan E. Mayer --