""Unequal Chances" collects important essays on the determinants of
lifetime inequality. It changes the way we think about American
society."--James J. Heckman, Nobel Prize-winning economist
"In analyzing the persistence of economic inequality between
generations, the authors of this book make major advances. They add
to the literature demonstrating that this persistence is much
stronger than has often been supposed, and they further challenge
the conventional wisdom in emphasising the importance of the
intergenerational transmission of noncognitive attributes."--John
Goldthorpe, University of Oxford
"America believes that we both have adequate social mobility and
that it reflects a social Darwinism of just rewards. This powerful
collection punctures both assumptions. Forty years after John
Kennedy courageously pointed to the unfair inheritance of both
wealth and poverty in America, this rigorous analysis demonstrates
that parents' wealth, race, and schooling are ever more determinant
of life chances. We can only hope that moral and policy judgments
will be informed and inspired by this work."--Anthony Marx,
president of Amherst College
"This book takes a first cut at bringing together the many
pieces of the complex puzzle of economic opportunity in market
societies. This is a very important topic, and the book reaches
into several disciplines to gain perspective. It is well timed,
well conceived, and well executed; it makes for a great read. In
addition, many of the pieces draw on multiple data sources to gain
a broader picture. This makes the contributions, both individually
and collectively, not only excellent pieces of scholarship but
different from the normal journalfare."--Martina Morris, University
of Washington, coauthor of "Divergent Paths"
"A consensus has emerged of late that the correlation between
economic origins and destinations is higher than scholars used to
think it was--maybe more than twice as high. The scholars
contributing to this volume did the research that forged the new
consensus. Bringing their work together in a systematic way is a
service to the research community and the public. "--Michael Hout,
University of California, Berkeley, coauthor of "Inequality by
Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth"
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