The Path to Convergence
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Britain and the US in Three Eras
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9717709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Long (0000-0002-2072-9910, Colby College), Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University and NBER), Joseph P Ferrie (0000-0002-7261-3610, Northwestern University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 117 |
| Issue | 519 |
| Pages | C61-C71 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02035.x |
| OpenAlex | W2037790185 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 28 |
Late nineteenth-century intergenerational occupational mobility was higher in the US than in Britain. Differences between them in this type of mobility are absent today. Using data on 10,000 US and British father and son pairs followed over two intervals (the 1860s and 1870s, and the 1880s and 1890s), we examine how this convergence occurred. The US remained more mobile then Britain through 1900 but the difference fell over the last two decades of the nineteenth century (as British mobility rose) and was erased by the 1950s (as mobility fell by more in the US than in Britain). Copyright 2007 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2007
Art · Cartography · Convergence (economics · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Fell · Geography · Late 19th century · Occupational mobility · Period (music · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Demography · History · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
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| Citations per year | 1,57 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |