Are children better off than their parents? This highly debated question in politics and economics is investigated by analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for...

A number of powerful forces have produced uneven opportunities for occupational advancement in Scotland. Edinburgh as capital of a devolved nation, hub for financial service activities and regional head office location for many public sector bodies boasts many of the characteristics that one...

Introduction : graduate careers in context : setting the scene / Fiona Christie and Ciaran Burke -- "Investing your future" : the role of capitals in graduate employment pathways / Ciaran Burke and Sarah Hannaford-Simpson -- Whose employability? : fees, labour markets and the unequal rewards of...