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Multigenerational, Demographic, and Spatial Aspects of Stratification and Mobility
This paper reviews three closely related developments in research on social stratification and mobility: (1) studies of a broader range of kin connections in the reproduction of inequality than just parent-child connections, including the effects of grandparents and other more remote kin on the achievements of individuals in a given generation; (2) studies of the interdependence of social mobility processes with the creation and dissolution of families and other social groups that are related to stratification; and (3) studies of the interdependence of socioeconomic and geographic mobility. The review will touch upon conceptual, empirical, and methodological issues involved with the study of multigenerational effects; the interdependence of stratification and demographic processes (including two-sex marriage markets, assortative mating, fertility, and mortality); and how geographic and spatial mobility contribute to socioeconomic and other forms of spatial segregation. The paper will use empirical examples from the author’s own research on China, Sweden, and the United States, as well as related work by other researchers.