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Analyzing Inequality: Life Chances and Social Mobility in Comparative Perspective Stefan Svallfors Editor Stanford University Press a n a ly z i n g i n e q u a l i t y studies in social inequality On the Edge of Commitment: Educational Achievement and Race in the United States by stephen l. morgan 2005 Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men by maria charles and david b. grusky 2004 Home Ownership and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective edited by karin kurz and hans-peter blossfeld 2004 Reconfigurations of Class and Gender edited by janeen baxter and mark western 2001 Women’sWorkingLivesinEastAsia edited by mary c. brinton 2001 The Classless Society by paul w. kingston 2000 STUDIES IN SOCIAL INEQUALITY editors David B. Grusky stanford university Paula England stanford university editorial board Hans-Peter Blossfeld Mary C. Brinton Thomas DiPrete Michael Hout Andrew Walder Mary Waters analyzing inequality life chances and social mobility in comparative perspective Edited by Stefan Svallfors stanford university press stanford, california 2005 Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2005 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any infor- mation storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Analyzing inequality : life chances and social mobility in comparative perspective / edited by Stefan Svallfors. p. cm. Conference proceedings. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8047-5096-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Equality. 2. Social mobility. I. Svallfors, Stefan. HM821.A53 2005 305.5—dc22 2005003181 Original Printing 2005 Last figure below indicates year of this printing: 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Typeset by G&S Typesetters, Inc. in 10/14 Sabon for robert erikson contents List of Tables and Figures xi List of Contributors xiii Preface xv chapter one Introduction 1 Stefan Svallfors chapter two Life Courses and Life Chances in a Comparative Perspective 17 Karl Ulrich Mayer chapter three Progress in Sociology: The Case of Social Mobility Research 56 John H. Goldthorpe chapter four Social Indicators, Policy, and Measuring Progress 83 A. B. Atkinson chapter five Family Structure, Gender Roles, and Social Inequality 108 Annemette Sørensen chapter six Inequalities in Later Life: Gender, Marital Status, and Health Behaviors 129 Sara Arber Index 165
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