The first CALLS Hub research brief is now available! Franz Buscha and Patrick Sturgis share the findings of their work on inter-cohort trends in intergenerational mobility using the full 40 year power of the ONS LS.

“In contrast to the near universal consensus amongst politicians and social commentators that social mobility in Britain is waning, academic research on the question presents a far less united front. Within the past ten years, leading academic researchers have concluded that social mobility in the UK has declined, increased and remained static. Logically, of course, it is difficult to envisage the circumstances in which all these situations can be correct…”

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