dc.contributor.author | Breen, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-11T08:48:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-11T08:48:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Breen, Richard. 'Social mobility and equality of opportunity'. - Economic & Social Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, Winter, 2010, pp413-428, Dublin: Economic & Social Research Institute | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0012-9984 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL J62 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL P46 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL O15 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58542 | |
dc.description | Geary Lecture Spring 2010 | |
dc.description.abstract | The idea of social mobility is closely linked to the concept of equality of
opportunity: it is widely held that if there were greater equality of opportunity
there would be more social mobility and, conversely, that more social mobility
indicates greater equality of opportunity. In my view this argument is false and so, in my lecture today I want to talk about what we know about social mobility, what we might mean by equality of opportunity and why, despite the claims made by politicians and sometimes by social scientists, social mobility is not a yardstick of equality of opportunity. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Economic & Social Studies | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Vol.XX, No. XX, Issue, Year | |
dc.source | Economic & Social Review | en |
dc.subject | Social mobility | en |
dc.subject | Equality | en |
dc.subject | Inequality | en |
dc.title | Social mobility and equality of opportunity | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.publisher.place | Dublin | en |