The Daily Telegraph:
'Middle classes have found new ways to retain their upper hand in the educational arms race'
9 December 2015
Private tutoring is booming and elite universities remain preserve of middle classes; something must change, say Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin
Social mobility is too low in Britain. Too many people are stuck from one generation to the next in the same income bracket or social class group. Too much talent goes unfulfilled at great social and economic cost to the nation. We know this from a seminal study published by the Sutton Trust and produced by researchers at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics 10 years ago.
This article was published by The Daily Telegraph on December 9, 2015
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Related publications
Intergenerational Mobility in Europe and North America. A Report Supported by The Sutton Trust, Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin, April 2005
Social Mobility in Britain: Low and Falling, Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 10, Issue 1, Spring 2005
Big ideas: intergenerational mobility, Jo Blanden. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 13, Issue 3, Winter 2009
Related links
Stephen Machin webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage