Query on continuity of class across generations

[Juan Jose Barrios]

I am not sure, but maybe John Roemer knows something about this issue.
He teaches at
Berkeley.

G*rd*n wrote:


> I'm curious if anyone can point me to a reference on the
> probability that a child will have the same class or
> relative wealth as its parents, especially something on the
> Net.  I've read, for instance, that as of 1970, about 80% in
> a given income quintile came from a family in that quintile.
>
> Gordon
>
> gcf at panix.com