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Unequal chances [electronic resource] : family background and economic success / edited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne Groves.

Contributor(s): Bowles, Samuel | Gintis, Herbert | Osborne Groves, Melissa | Russell Sage Foundation | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005Description: vi, 304 p. : ill.Other title: Family background and economic success.Subject(s): Income distribution -- Social aspects | Families -- Economic aspects | Inheritance and succession -- Social aspects | Equality -- Psychological aspects | Social status -- Psychological aspects | Social mobility -- Psychological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 339.2/2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Research from a workshop, "Persistent Inequality in a Competitive World," and from other projects funded by a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to the Santa Fe Institute.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.