Figure 1 Income backgrounds and income outcomes
Source: ‘Elitist Britain?’, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (2014). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0
‘Elitist Britain?’ (2014) is a new official report produced by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission. The report examines in some detail the social make-up of those people who are in charge of the UK and it explores patterns of social mobility.
It comes up with some interesting findings. For example, the relationship between income of parents and children is stronger in Britain than in most comparable countries. So one of the best predictors available today of your likely income is the income of your parents (Figure 1).
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