Intergenerational Mobility

(noun)

Refers to the phenomenon whereby a child attains higher or lower status than their parents.

Related Terms

  • meritocratic
  • social mobility
  • Relative Social Mobility

Examples of Intergenerational Mobility in the following topics:

  • Defining and Measuring Economic Mobility

    • This concept of economic mobility is often considered in conjunction with 'social mobility', which is the capacity for an individual to change station within a society.
    • Intergenerational:Intergenerational mobility pertains to a person's capacity to alter their station relative to the economic status of their parents or grandparents, essentially the flexibility within a society to allow individuals to grow regardless of their initial station.
    • An interesting chart, measuring intergenerational income elasticity, can be found in .
    • This type of mobility is shorter term than intergenerational in regards to the way in which it is confined to the lifetime of that individual specifically.
    • Absolute:Similar to intergenerational mobility, absolute mobility looks at how widespread economic growth improves (or reduces) an individual or a family's income over a generational time frame.
  • Social Mobility

    • Social mobility typically refers to vertical mobility, movement of individuals or groups up or down from one socio-economic level to another, often by changing jobs or marriage.
    • In some cases, social mobility is intergenerational, as when children attain a higher or lower status than their parents held.
    • A high level of intergenerational mobility is often considered praiseworthy and can be seen as a sign of equality of opportunity in a society.
    • This graph shows the results of a study on how much intergenerational social mobility there is in a sample of developed countries.
    • Countries with higher intergenerational income elasticity have lower social mobility -- in countries on the left of the graph, children are likely to attain the same social status as their parents.
  • Social Mobility

    • In some cases, social mobility is intergenerational, as when children attain a higher or lower status than their parents held.
    • A high level of intergenerational mobility is often considered praiseworthy, and can be seen as a sign of equality of opportunity in a society.
    • Recent data shows that of nine developed countries, the United States and United Kingdom have the lowest intergenerational vertical social mobility, with about half of the advantages of having a parent with a high income passed on to the next generation.
    • This graph shows the results of a study on how much intergenerational social mobility there is in a sample of developed countries.
    • Countries with higher intergenerational income elasticity have lower social mobility -- in countries on the left of the graph, children are likely to attain the same social status as their parents.
  • Types of Social Mobility

    • Vertical social mobility refers to moving up or down the so-called social ladder.
    • When a child who is born to parents with college degrees attains a graduate degree, this is an example of intergenerational mobility — the child achieves higher status than their parents.
    • The British middle class thus experienced absolute upward mobility.
    • Social mobility can be intergenerational, such as when children attain a higher or lower status than their parents held.
    • A high level of intergenerational mobility is often considered praiseworthy, and can be seen as a sign of equality of opportunity in a society.
  • Assimilation

    • Factors that enhance such vulnerability include racial discrimination, location, and changes in the economy that have made it harder for intergenerational mobility.
  • Intergenerational Conflict

    • Intergenerational conflict refers to the conflict between older and younger generations as they compete for jobs and resources.
    • Intergenerational conflict plays a key role in the conflict perspective of aging.
  • Mobile Marketing

    • Mobile marketing is the practice of promoting brands over mobile devices such as smartphones, portable media players and tablets.
    • Brands are able to both send and receive rich content through MMS A2P (application-to-person) mobile networks to mobile subscribers.
    • Game mobile marketing provides additional opportunities for brands looking to deliver promotional messaging within mobile games.
    • Some companies sponsor entire games to drive consumer engagement, a practice known as mobile advergaming or ad-funded mobile gaming.
    • Mobile content advertising schemes provided by the likes of Yahoo!
  • The Strengths and Weaknesses of Digital-Mobile

  • Understanding Apps in a Marketing Context

    • Statigram is a mobile app that social networks such as Facebook use to keep track of certain metrics.
    • A mobile application (or mobile app) is a software application designed to run smartphones, tablet computers, and other mobile devices.
    • Sometimes they can be downloaded to less mobile computers, such as laptops or desktops.
    • The popularity of mobile applications has continued to rise, as their usage has become increasingly prevalent across mobile phone users.
    • Certain features make apps more favorable, such as GPS and mobile coupons.
  • Mobile Consumer Behavior

    • Social media applications for mobile devices are an effective way to advertise to consumers because consumers spend so much time on their mobile devices.
    • Social media applications used on mobile devices are called mobile social media.
    • MMS mobile marketing can contain a timed slideshow of images, text, audio, and video.
    • Brands are able to both send and receive rich content through MMS A2P (application-to-person) mobile networks to mobile subscribers.
    • Advertising networks focused on mobile properties and advertisers are also available.
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