Trends in Intergenerational Class Mobility in Modern Britain: Evidence From National Surveys, 1972—2005

By J. Goldthorpe, C. Mills. National Institute Economic Review, 2008

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The role of education in intergenerational social mobility: Problems from empirical research in sociology and some theoretical pointers from economics (2014, background): “Breen and Luijkx, 2004: 385–390), but in others (see e.g. Bukodi and Goldthorpe, 2010; Chen, 2013; Falcon, 2012; Goldthorpe and Mills, 2008; Ishida and Miwa, 2008) the overall OD association would appear to be best characterised as constant or as showing only ‘trendless fluctuation’ in the way earli”
Breaking the ‘Class’ Ceiling? Social Mobility into Britain's Elite Occupations (2015, unknown): “However, these findings have been strongly disputed by some sociologists (Goldthorpe and Jackson, 2007; Goldthorpe and Mills, 2008; Goldthorpe, 2013).”
Understanding – and Misunderstanding – Social Mobility in Britain: The Entry of the Economists, the Confusion of Politicians and the Limits of Educational Policy (2013, background): “…is difficult to see education as an explanatory factor, except insofar as women’s rising – but still strongly class-linked – levels of qualification have enabled them to compete more effectively with men for the professional and managerial positions that are available (Goldthorpe and Mills, 2008).”