Factors Influencing Social Mobility
Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No 450
Factors influencing social mobility
Dr. Alex Nunn, Dr. Steve Johnson, Dr. Surya Monro, Dr. Tim Bickerstaffe and Sarah Kelsey
A report of research carried out by the Policy Research Institute on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions
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© Crown Copyright 2007. Published for the Department for Work and Pensions under licence from the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Corporate Document Services, Leeds. Application for reproduction should be made in writing to The Copyright Unit, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. First Published 2007.
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978 1 84712 237 7
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Contents
iii
Contents
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... vii The Authors .....................................................................................................viii Summary ...........................................................................................................1 1 2 Introduction .................................................................................................5 Policy and social context ..............................................................................7 2.1 2.2 2.3 Summary ...........................................................................................7 Introduction .......................................................................................7 The social and economic context .......................................................8 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.4 Global processes of economic change .................................8 Structural change and the labour market in the UK .............8 Trends in poverty
Factors influencing social mobility
Dr. Alex Nunn, Dr. Steve Johnson, Dr. Surya Monro, Dr. Tim Bickerstaffe and Sarah Kelsey
A report of research carried out by the Policy Research Institute on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions
Corporate Document Services
© Crown Copyright 2007. Published for the Department for Work and Pensions under licence from the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Corporate Document Services, Leeds. Application for reproduction should be made in writing to The Copyright Unit, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. First Published 2007.
ISBN
978 1 84712 237 7
Views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of the Department for Work and Pensions or any other Government Department.
Printed by Corporate Document Services.
Contents
iii
Contents
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... vii The Authors .....................................................................................................viii Summary ...........................................................................................................1 1 2 Introduction .................................................................................................5 Policy and social context ..............................................................................7 2.1 2.2 2.3 Summary ...........................................................................................7 Introduction .......................................................................................7 The social and economic context .......................................................8 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.4 Global processes of economic change .................................8 Structural change and the labour market in the UK .............8 Trends in poverty
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