Unequal chances : family background and economic success

Bowles, Samuel Gintis, Herbert Osborne Groves, Melissa

Unequal chances : family background and economic success Edited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne Groves - Russell Sage Foundation New York 2005 c2005 - vi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Research from a workshop, "Persistent Inequality in a Competitive World," and from other projects funded by a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to the Santa Fe Institute Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index

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Income distribution - Social aspects - Congresses
Families - Economic aspects - Congresses
Inheritance and succession - Social aspects - Congresses
Equality - Psychological aspects - Congresses
Social status - Psychological aspects - Congresses
Social mobility - Psychological aspects - Congresses--HC

HC79.I5U515 2005