Two nations: the inheritance of poverty and affluence

Published on 1 January 1996

Is Britain a highly mobile society, or are affluence and poverty largely transmitted from one generation to the next? This report suggests that the economic standing of parents is an extremely important determinant of where their children end up in the income distribution.

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Is Britain a highly mobile society, or are affluence and poverty largely transmitted from one generation to the next? This report suggests that the economic standing of parents is an extremely important determinant of where their children end up in the income distribution.

Authors

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Howard Reed

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson

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Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

Report details

DOI
10.1920/co.ifs.1996.0053
ISBN
978-1-873357-53-8
Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Johnson, P and Reed, H. (1996). Two nations: the inheritance of poverty and affluence. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/two-nations-inheritance-poverty-and-affluence (accessed: 1 May 2024).

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