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Autoren Hertel, Florian R.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf  
Titel Class mobility across three generations in the U.S. and Germany.  
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2013.09.007  
Erscheinungsjahr 2014, H. 35  
Seitenzahl S. 35-52  
Zeitschrift Research in social stratification and mobility  
ISSN 0276-5624  
Dokumenttyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz; online; gedruckt  
Beigaben Literaturangaben; Tabellen; Abbildungen  
Sprache englisch  
Forschungsschwerpunkt Chancengerechtigkeit und Teilhabe. Sozialer Wandel und Strategien der Förderung  
Schlagwörter Klassenbewusstsein; Soziale Identität; Soziale Ungleichheit; Sozialer Unterschied; Sozioökonomisches Panel; Ethnizität; Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Generation; Generationenbeziehung; Generationsunterschied; Großeltern; Großeltern-Enkel-Beziehung; Mehrgenerationenfamilie; Eltern; Kind; Ungleichheit; Mobilität; Mobilitätsforschung; Soziale Klasse; Ethnische Herkunft; Generationenverhältnis; Generationswechsel; Herkunft; Deutschland; USA  
Abstract Based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Socio-economic Panel, we study the class mobility of three concurrent generations in the U.S. and Germany. We find that, in both countries, the grandfathers' class is directly associated with their grandchildren's social position. We propose three possible mechanisms which could explain the observed multigenerational mobility patterns. First, we consider the role of class-specific resources for mobility strategies. Second, we suggest a more general explanation by integrating grandparents' class into the reference frame for mobility decisions. Third, we argue that multigenerational class associations could be the result of categorical inequality based on race or ethnicity. We find that outflow mobility rates differ across grandfathers' class positions. Three-generational immobility is most frequent in lower and higher class positions. Log-linear analyses show that, in both countries, significant grandfather effects foster immobility within most classes and limit mobility between the working and service classes in Germany specifically. These effects partially lose significance if we only study white Americans and native Germans. Combining the two national mobility tables, we find that the pattern of three-generational mobility is similar in both countries. (Orig.).  
Förderkennzeichen 01JC1115A; 01JC1115B