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Title:

Unequal chances : family background and economic success / edited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne Groves.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

vi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Income distribution--Social aspects--Congresses.
Family--Economic aspects--Congresses.
Inheritance and succession--Social aspects--Congresses.
Equality--Psychological aspects--Congresses.
Social status--Psychological aspects--Congresses.
Social mobility--Psychological aspects--Congresses.
Inequality
Family background
Unequal chances
Economic success
Welvaart.
Gezin.
Sociale achterstand.
Revenu--Aspect social--Aspect social--Congrès.
Famille--Aspect économique--Congrès.
Successions et héritages--Aspect social--Congrès.
Inégalité sociale--Aspect psychologique--Congrès.
Statut social--Aspect psychologique--Congrès.
Mobilité sociale--Aspect psychologique--Congrès.

Other Authors:

Bowles, Samuel.
Gintis, Herbert.
Osborne Groves, Melissa.

Notes:

Research from a workshop, "Persistent Inequality in a Competitive World," and from other projects funded by a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to the Santa Fe Institute. Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index.

Contents:

Justice, luck, and the family : the intergenerational transmission of economic advantage from a normative perspective / Adam Swift. The apple falls even closer to the tree than we thought : new and revised estimates of the intergenerational inheritance of earnings / Bhashkar Mazunder -- The changing effect of family background on the incomes of American adults / David J. Harding ... [et al.] -- Influences of nature and nurture on earnings variation : a report on a study of various sibling types in Sweden / Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti, Gary Solon -- Rags, riches, and race : the intergenerational economic mobility of black and white families in the United States / Tom Hertz -- Resemblance in personality and attitudes between parents and their children : genetic and environmental contributions / John C. Loehlin -- Personality and the intergenerational transmission of economic status / Melissa Osborne Groves -- Son preference, marriage, and intergenerational transfer in rural China / Marcus W. Feldman ... [et al.] -- Justice, luck, and the family : the intergenerational transmission of economic advantage from a normative perspective / Adam Swift.

ISBN:

9780691119304 (cl : alk. paper)
0691119309 (cl : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004050521

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)