TY  - JOUR
T1  - Wealth and Family Background in the Occupational Career: A Comparative Study
AU - O. Sijuwade, Philip 
JO  - Journal of Economics Theory
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SP  - 93
EP  - 96
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1994-8212
DO  - jeth.2011.93.96
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeth.2011.93.96
KW  - High status
KW  -theory
KW  -lagged effect
KW  -mobility
KW  -linguistic skill
KW  -education
AB  - Being born into a high status family confers an early advantage in school and when first getting a job and these advantages have enduring consequences. In addition, it confers a further advantage in mid-career. It is proposed that some of the early advantages stem from parents’ wealth and other economic resources and that most of the advantage in mid-career is from these resources. Also, it is predicted the effects will be larger in a developing economy like Nigeria where economic resources are more unequally distributed. Findings in the Nigerian city of Ibadan support this theory.
ER  -