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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