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The debate on social mobility is stuck: time for a city perspective

18 November 2015

Social mobility plays a curious and sometimes tortuous role in our national political psyche. We love talking about it even if we can't, or won't, do much about it. Greater mobility is a goal lionised by all politicians - along with the NHS it's perhaps the closest thing to a secular faith that you will find at Westminster. Our media lap up story after story on it. And research on the issue has undergone a mini-boom in our top universities, dominating the work of some of our finest scholars over the last decade or so.

This article was posted online on the Gavin Kelly blog on November 18, 2015
Link to article here

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
Big ideas: intergenerational mobility, Jo Blanden. Article in CentrePiece Volume 13, Issue 3, Winter 2009
Abstract | Full Paper
Social Mobility in Britain: Low and Falling, Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Stephen Machin. Article in CentrePiece Volume 10, Issue 1, Spring 2005
Abstract | Full Paper

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

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