In this paper we develop a mobility model which seeks to operationalise Goldthorpe's (1980: 99) argument that social fluidity is shaped by three factors - namely, resources for mobility; the desirability of different class destinations; and the barriers to entry to class positions. We argue...

This paper examines the relationship between class of origin, educational attainment, and class of entry to the labour force, in three cohorts of men in the Republic of Ireland using data collected in 1987. The three cohorts comprise men born (i) before 1936; (ii) between 1936 and 1949; and (iii)...

In this paper we employ Erikson and Goldthorpe's core model of social fluidity and a ?measured variable? approach to analyse trends in social mobility among men in the Republic of Ireland. Our analyse provides no evidence that the changes associated with industrialisation have led to the...

Gender has consistently been identified as the most controversial issue confronting class analysis. In this paper we make use of data from the Republic of Ireland to asses the extent to witch the incorporation of women into class mobility analyses requires us to alter our understanding of the...

Against the background of increasing financial depth and international financial integration, not least in the EU, the trend towards analyzing financial system policy in fiscal terms is reviewed. Implicit and explicit taxation of the financial system has generated substantial ? though now...

Conventional PPP-adjusted real output measures, invaluable for making international comparisons of living standards, may greatly exaggerate the productive capacity of poor countries. The equilibrium prices of an hypothetical world of full economic integration provide an instructive basis for...