Luck and Predictability in the Life Course
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19219817 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Van De Rijt (0000-0002-4208-3452, 1Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy; email: [email protected]), Fabrizio Bernardi (0000-0002-5544-5184, 2Department of Sociology II, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain), William Foley (0000-0002-5179-1020, 3Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Getafe, Spain), Lucas Sage (0000-0001-9310-5423, Université Toulouse Capitole) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Sociology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-0572 • E-ISSN: 1545-2115 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-soc-031324-115112 |
| OpenAlex | W7155495138 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
There is an emerging recognition among sociological theorists that luck may play a substantial role in life course achievement. There is also a nascent empirical literature that finds life outcomes to be unpredictable and unexpected life events to be a likely cause. A third literature of causal event studies provides thousands of point estimates of the life course consequences of random events. This review brings these literatures together under a unified framework
Empirical research · Life course approach · Luck · Predictability · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |