This state-of-the-art volume presents comparative, empirical research on a topic that has long preoccupied scholars, politicians, and everyday citizens: economic inequality. While income and wealth in
Americans like to believe that theirs is the land of opportunity, but the hard facts are that children born into poor families in the United States tend to stay poor and children born into wealthy fam
Does economic inequality in one generation lead to inequality of opportunity in the next? InFrom Parents to Children, an esteemed international group of scholars investigates this question using data
