A New York Times poll found 80 percent of Americans still believe it's possible to pull yourself up by the proverbial bootstraps. But a recent mobility study suggests the American Dream may be more ...

This article was adapted from the upcoming book "The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited" from Basic Books. Class has long been a dirty word in America. We’re the society of opportunity after all – ...

In this study we operationalize neo-Marxian (Wright) and Weberian (Goldthorpe) class concepts and compare mobility patterns across three industrial countries (the United States, Sweden, and the former ...

When it comes to class mobility, geography is destiny, or at least a large part of it, according to a new study of earnings records. It’s much easier to climb the income ladder in certain cities—New ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In his desire to boost social mobility, the good news for Nick Clegg is that recent research shows that England ...

When Louise Gibson was a child growing up in North Wales four decades ago, the concept of social mobility was, to her, a very simple one. Gibson’s family was based in Connah’s Quay, a small community ...