Social mobility does not matter where it is high, because the size of the gap from top to bottom is so low

Social Mobility does not matter where it is high, because the size of the gap from top to bottom is so low, Discuss Keynote address by Danny Dorling University of Sheffield Annual Conference of the Social Research Association “ Moving on up – Social Mobility and Social Research” Tuesday 15th December 2009, Brunei Gallery, SOA, University of London

REVEALING SOCIAL MOBILITY AND INEQUALITY

Measuring Social Mobility http://www.suttontrust.com/reports/academic_papers_report.pdf

Income (Im-)Mobility

Measuring Inequality http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/data/  http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_Tables.xls

Richest 10% to poorest 10%

Numbers combined...

...and graphed

What do the numbers show?

Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 5.6 Finland Picturing Inequality and Social (Im-)Mobility Income Immobility: 0.20

Finland Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 5.6 Income Immobility: 0.20 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 6.9 Germany Picturing Inequality and Social (Im-)Mobility Income Immobility: 0.24

Germany Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 6.9 Income Immobility: 0.24 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 11.6 Italy Picturing Inequality and Social (Im-)Mobility Income Immobility: 0.33

Italy Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 11.6 Income Immobility: 0.33 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 13.8 UK Picturing Inequality and Social (Im-)Mobility Income Immobility: 0.37

UK Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 13.8 Income Immobility: 0.37 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 15.9 USA Picturing Inequality and Social (Im-)Mobility Income Immobility: 0.41

USA Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 15.9 Income Immobility: 0.41 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 40.6 Brazil Picturing Inequality and Social (Im-)Mobility Income Immobility: 0.52

Brazil Richest 10% to poorest 10%: 40.6 Income Immobility: 0.52 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

The whole picture Social (Im-)Mobility and Inequality

The whole graph Social (Im-)Mobility and Inequality 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Social (Im-)Mobility and Inequality ...and the population 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 20 40 60 Income Inequality (richest 10% to poorest 10%) Income Immobility Data sources: United Nations HDR 2009; Jo Blanden / The Sutton Trust 2008 0.2 0.15 0 0.12 12 6 8

Images courtesy of...
Front slide: Sylvain Bourdos http://www.flickr.com/photos/sylvainbourdos/3306816005/sizes/l/
The rich man: Agarra la Jarra http://agarrala.blogspot.com/2008/06/qu-tan-rico-eres.html
The poor man: Manuel Bronstein http://www-sop.inria.fr/cafe/Manuel.Bronstein/pmint/
Andreas Roemer
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Slides by Benjamin Hennig

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Social mobility does not matter where it is high, because the size of the gap from top to bottom is so low

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