Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Introduction
1. Advantage in Comparative Perspective / John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti,
Timothy Smeeding, and James A. Wilson
2. Socioeconomic Gradients in Children's Outcomes / John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti,
and Timothy Smeeding
3. Socioeconomic Persistence Across Generations: Cognitive and Noncognitive Processes / Carina Mood, Jan O. Jonsson,
and Erik Bihagen
Part 2. Early Childhood
4. Inequality in Early Childhood Outcomes / Bruce Bradbury, Miles Corak,
Jane Waldfogel, and Elizabeth Washbrook
5. Early Childhood Outcomes and Family Structure / John Ermisch, Frauke H. Peter,
and C. Katharina Spiess
6. Family Background and Child Outcomes / Jo Blanden, Ilan Katz, and Gerry Redmond
7. Early Schooling and Later Outcomes / Christelle Dumas and Arnaud Lefranc
8. Intergenerational Transmission and Day Care / Paul Bingley and Niels Westergård-Nielsen
Part 3. Middle Childhood to Adolescence
9. Child Skills and Behaviors in Intergenerational Inequality / Greg J. Duncan, Lars Bergman,
Kathryn Duckworth, Katja Kokko,
Anna-Liisa Lyyra, Molly Metzger,
Lea Pulkkinen, and Sharon Simonton
10. SES Gradients in Skills During the School Years / Katherine Magnuson, Jane Waldfogel,
and Elizabeth Washbrook
11. Children's Cognitive Ability and Changes over Age in the Socioeconomic Gradient / John Jerrim and John Micklewright
12. Inequality in Achievements During Adolescence / John Ermisch and Emilia Del Bono
Part 4. Late Adolescence and Beyond
13. School Tracking and Intergenerational Transmission of Education / Massimiliano Bratti, Lorenzo Cappellari,
Olaf Groh-Samberg, and Henning Lohmann
14. Child Development and Social Mobility / Robert Haveman, Patrizio Piraino,
Timothy Smeeding, and Kathryn Wilson
15. Reform of Higher Education and Social Gradients / Massimiliano Bratti and Lorenzo Cappellari
16. Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills / Silke Anger
17. Parental Education Gradients in Sweden / Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti,
and Martin Nybom
18. Equality of Opportunity and Intergenerational Transmission of Employers / Paul Bingley, Miles Corak,
and Niels Westergård-Nielsen
Part 5. Conclusions and Reflections
19. What Have We Learned? / John Ermisch, Markus Jäntti,
Timothy Smeeding, and James A. Wilson
20. What Is the Justification of Studying Intergenerational Mobility of Socioeconomic Status? / John Roemer
Index