Getting Ahead: Economic and Social Mobility in America

By Isabel V. Sawhill and Daniel P. McMurrer

Adapted in part from the "Opportunity in America" series of policy briefs, this volume focuses on social and economic mobility in the United States. Class or family background has a strong effect on individual success, the authors find. They examine the possible reasons for this relationship; how it has changed over the past century; and the role of the economy, the welfare system, and education in opening up opportunities for the less fortunate.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877666741
• ISBN13: 9780877666745
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.