Moving on up? How Social Origins Shape Geographic Mobility within Britain’s Higher Managerial and Professional Occupations

This article presents the first longitudinal analysis of social and geographic mobility into Britain’s higher managerial and professional occupations. Using linked census records from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, we find that those from advantaged social origins are substan...

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Published in:Sociology (Oxford) 2023-06, Vol.57 (3), p.659-681
Main Authors: Hecht, Katharina, McArthur, Daniel
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Censuses
Disadvantaged
Geographic mobility
Managers
Occupations
Professions
Social origins
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