New markets, new opportunities? : economic and social mobility in a changing world /
Birdsall, Nancy.
Graham, Carol,1962-
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : Brookings Institution Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1, Issues and concepts. Mobility and markets: conceptual issues and policy questions / Nancy Birdsall and Carol Graham -- Opportunity in the United States: myth or reality? / Isabel V. Sawhill -- Reflections on mobility and social justice, economic efficiency, and individual responsibility / Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Part II, Defining and measuring mobility. Social mobility: concepts and measurement / Jere R. Behrman -- Income mobility: concepts and measures / Gary S. Fields.
Part III, Economics and opportunity. Intergenerational mobility in Latin America: deeper markets and better schools make a difference / Jere R. Behrman, Nancy Birdsall, and Miguel Székely -- Worker mobility and transition to a market economy: winners and losers / Katherine Terrell -- Inequality, growth, and political stability: can income mobility provide the answers? / David E. Hojman.
Part IV, Politics and perceptions. The political economy of mobility: perceptions and objective trends in Latin America / Carol Graham -- Pilot survey on household perceptions of mobility: Peru 1998 / Richard Webb -- Mobility and perceived change in life chances in postcommunist countries / Petr Matějů.
Income distribution
Equality
Social mobility
Income distribution
Equality
Social mobility