Author: Daniel P. McMurrer

Publisher: The Urban Insitute

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780877666745

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.