Berger, T;
Engzell, P;
(2020)
Trends and Disparities in Subjective Upward Mobility since 1940.
Socius
, 6
, Article 237802312095113. 10.1177/2378023120951139.
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Abstract
Concerns that prospects for upward mobility are fading are common in popular and scientific discourse. The fact that fewer Americans today surpass their parents’ economic status than in the past has been invoked to explain trends ranging from the recent spike in drug and alcohol poisonings to the growing appeal of right-wing populism. Using General Social Survey data, the authors ask whether people actually feel that their standard of living is falling short of that of previous generations. In contrast to data on income, education, or occupation, a majority still perceive that they have attained a higher standard of living than their parents. At the same time, mobility experiences are becoming increasingly polarized: subjective upward mobility is rising among highly educated, minority, and urban populations and declining among less educated and rural populations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Trends and Disparities in Subjective Upward Mobility since 1940 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2378023120951139 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120951139 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164710 |
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