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The Economist:
Northern Lights

1 February 2013

The Nordics also have a strong record of drawing on the talents of their entire populations, with the possible exception of their immigrants. They have the world's highest rates of social mobility: in a comparison of social mobility in eight advanced countries by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, of the London School of Economics, they occupied the first four places. America and Britain came last.

The article was published in The Economist on February 1, 2013
Link to article

Related publications
Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain, Jo Blanden, Alissa Goodman, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin. In Corak, M. (ed), Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Sutton Trust: Summary Report - Recent Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in the UK: A Summary of Findings
Main Report - Recent Changes in Intergenerational Mobility in Britain by Jo Blanden and Stephen Machin, December 2007
Report for the Sutton Trust: Intergenerational Mobility in Europe and North America by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin
Social Mobility in Britain: Low and Falling by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin. Article appeared in CentrePiece, Vol.10, Issue 1 Spring 2005

Related links
Jo Blanden webpage
Steve Machin webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage

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