Social Mobility and the Reproduction of Inequality — Quiz

According to Chetty et al. (2014), which of the following factors does NOT robustly correlate with higher intergenerational mobility at the US commuting-zone level?

Which of the following best describes the intergenerational income elasticity (IGE)?

The 'Great Gatsby Curve' refers to which empirical relationship?

In Bourdieu's framework, which state of cultural capital does an academic degree represent?

Lareau's concept of 'concerted cultivation' is characterised by which of the following?

What did Chetty et al. (2017) conclude was the primary driver of declining absolute mobility in the United States across postwar birth cohorts?

According to the OECD (2018), how many generations does it take on average across OECD countries for a child born in the bottom 10% of the income distribution to reach the mean?

Richard Reeves's 'Dream Hoarders' argument focuses primarily on which segment of the US income distribution?

Explain why a society can have high absolute mobility and low relative mobility simultaneously. Use a concrete example.

Describe two structural or market mechanisms — distinct from parenting style — through which parental advantage is transmitted to children.

What is the 'rank-rank correlation' and why do researchers increasingly prefer it to the IGE as a measure of intergenerational mobility?

Drawing on at least four of the sources covered in this module, evaluate the claim that low intergenerational mobility in the United States is primarily a cultural phenomenon — a product of class-differentiated parenting and dispositions — rather than a structural one.