A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social issues, migration, health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report provides new evidence on social mobility in the context of increased inequalities of income and opportunities in OECD and selected emerging economies. It covers the aspects of both social mobility between parents and children and of personal income mobility over the life course, and their drivers. The report shows that social mobility from parents to offspring is low across the different dimensions of earnings, education, occupation and health, and that the same prevails for personal income mobility over the life course. There is in particular a lack of mobility at the bottom and at the top of the social ladder - with "sticky floors" preventing upward mobility for many and "sticky ceilings" associated with opportunity hoarding at the top. The lack of social mobility has economic, societal and political consequences. This report shows that there is space for policies to make societies more mobile and protect households from adverse income shocks. It discusses the options and measures that policy makers can consider how to improve social mobility across and within generations.

Contents:

Overview

Executive summary

Income dynamics and income mobility over the life course

From one generation to the next: Mobility of socio-economic status

Time is money: What drives income mobility?

How parental background affects chances early in life: The transmission of health and educational outcomes

Towards social mobility-friendly policies

Foreword.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264301085

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.