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Title: Upward Wealth Mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic Advantage
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Keister, Lisa A. |
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Upward Wealth Mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic Advantage Social Forces 85,3 (March 2007): 1195-1225. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4494970 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Keyword(s): Hispanics; Mobility; Religion; Religious Influences; Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data are from the NLSY79 [Ed.] Wealth inequality is among tile most extreme forms of stratification in the United States, and upward wealth mobility is not common. Yet mobility is possible, and this paper takes advantage of trends among a unique group to explore the processes that generate mobility. I show that non-Hispanic whites raised in Roman Catholic families have been upwardly mobile in the wealth distribution in recent decades, and I find that unique fertility, marriage and education patterns contributed to this change. I also show that Catholic values related to work and money contributed to relatively high saving and portfolio behavior that facilitated mobility. The results provide important insight into the process by which childhood experiences shape adult well-being, particularly adult wealth ownership. The findings also contribute to understanding of social inequality by identifying important behaviors and processes that facilitate mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Social Forces is the property of University of North Carolina Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) |
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Keister, Lisa A. "Upward Wealth Mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic Advantage." Social Forces 85,3 (March 2007): 1195-1225.
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