Tag: Ethnicity

Intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups

July 4, 2005

The intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups uses data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study to describe the different patterns of class mobility experienced by a single cohort of children aged 8-15 in 1971 from each of three ethnic groups: white non-migrants, Indians and Caribbeans. Access the abstract and details of the article from the … More Intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups

Mobility and missing data

June 1, 2005

Mobility and missing data: what difference does non-response make to observed patterns of intergenerational class mobility by ethnic group? is an ISER Working Paper. The paper highlights the issue of missing data in studying social mobility, outlines its potential implications, and offers some preliminary analysis of the impact of missing data on our understanding of intergenerational … More Mobility and missing data

Intergenerational social mobility of ethnic groups

October 1, 2003

The intergenerational social mobility of minority ethnic groups is an ISER Working Paper. The paper examines the intergenerational social mobility of different ethnic groups in Britain between 1971 and 1991. Using data from the ONS Longitudinal Study, it describes the different patterns of class mobility experienced by a single cohort of children aged 8-15 in 1971 from each … More Intergenerational social mobility of ethnic groups

Ethnicity and inequality: British children’s experience of means-tested benefits

July 4, 2003

Ethnicity and inequality: British children’s experience of means-tested benefits explores ethnic group differences in the severity of child poverty in Britain. Using administrative data it looks at benefit receipt of families with children over a period of a year and a half. Building on existing work on ‘welfare dynamics’, but taking the child as the … More Ethnicity and inequality: British children’s experience of means-tested benefits