Social Mobility

Social Mobility is a sociological concept referring to the movement of individuals, families, or groups within or between social strata in a society, distinguished by changes in socioeconomic status, education, occupation, or class position over time.

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2017–2026

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Social EnvironmentSocial InequalitySociology Of Music Education

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Absolute MobilityEthnic Mobility GapGender Mobility GapLabor Market MobilityLife Course MobilityMobility ChancesMobility MeasurementMobility TablesOpportunity HoardingRelative Mobility

Publications

8.7K

The New Mobilities Paradigm

Mimí Sheller, John Urry · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 2006 · 5.4K citations

Social Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology +10

Friendship and mobility

Eunjoon Cho, Seth A. Myers, Jure Leskovec · 2011 · 2.9K citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Spatial Analysis +16

Where is the land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States *

Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Patrick Kline et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2014 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Geography, Human Geography +17

Human Capital and the Rise and Fall of Families

Gary S. Becker, Nigel Tomes · Journal of Labor Economics · 1986 · 2.9K citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Economics +16

Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work

Ernestine Avila, Rhacel Salazar Parreñas · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2002 · 2.5K citations

Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Urban Studies +17

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JH
John H. Goldthorpe
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
42 publications · 10K citations
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William A. V. Clark
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
29 publications · 1.8K citations
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Bhashkar Mazumder
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, United States
25 publications · 2.3K citations
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Clara H. Mulder
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
23 publications · 1.5K citations
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Richard Breen
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
25 publications · 2.7K citations
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American Sociological Review
ASR · 183 publications · 22.1K citations
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American Journal of Sociology
AJS · 94 publications · 11.6K citations
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Social Forces
SF · 112 publications · 11.1K citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 319 publications · 11.1K citations
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JEMS · 106 publications · 6.2K citations
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