tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post1706484570165323517..comments2023-11-02T13:57:16.422+02:00Comments on a lamb with no guiding light: Economic mobilityArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741128283037566675noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-39343498002866466502007-05-28T22:21:00.000+03:002007-05-28T22:21:00.000+03:00I'd guess that the results are mostly down to inco...<I>I'd guess that the results are mostly down to income equality and the level and cost of education.</I><BR/><BR/>Yep, sounds plausible. I reckon one part of the explanation is indeed statistical, i.e. due to small income differences and the broad Nordic middle classes. As for education, I'd stress that it's namely the access to decent primary education that matters to social mobility - the world has known a plenty of countries that provide the higher education for nothing, yet some of them are certainly more stratified than the Anglosaxons.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://ideas.repec.org/p/wrk/warwec/782.html" REL="nofollow"> Here</A> is a readable study on the same theme, and <A HREF="http://www.hudson.org/files/publications/Mobility_DFR_June06.pdf" REL="nofollow"> here</A> some critic of it.Aapohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16238268282575859166noreply@blogger.com