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Social mobility and life chancesJo Blanden, John Hills, Ruth Lupton and Kitty Stewart Increasing ‘social mobility’- as a marker for achieving ‘equality of opportunity’- was one of the objectives of the Labour government, and it has also emerged as a core aim of the Coalition government. Indeed, the Deputy Prime Minister has stated that, ‘Social mobility is what characterises a fair society, rather than a particular level of income equality. Inequalities become injustices when they are fixed; passed on, generation to generation’. Work under this theme examines:
The first paper from this theme was published in January 2014 'Education and Intergenerational Mobility: Help or Hindrance?' by Jo Blanden and Lindsey Macmillan. We launched this paper at an event on Education, Equity and Social Mobility. A summary paper, full presentations and an audio recording of the event are available here. In 2015 we published a summary of New research evidence on social mobility and educational attainment. This was written by John Hills and based on research by Jo Blanden, Claire Crawford, Ellen Greaves, Paul Gregg, Lindsey Macmillan, Abigail McKnight, Luke Sibieta and Anna Vignoles. |
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