What is the True Rate of Social Mobility in Sweden?
A Surname Analysis,1700一2012
On conventional measures,modern Sweden has rapid social and economic mobility.Analyzing surname distributions among Swedish elites-attorneys,physicians,university students,and academicians-this paper shows that conventional measures greatly overstate social mobility.
The Swedish elite of 1700 is still an elite,and is becoming average only slowly.The b measuring status persistence across generations is 0.7-0.8,compared to the 0.25-0.40 found in conventional studies.
This illustrates a general feature that conventional studies overstate generalized or long-term social mobility rates.True rates of mobility in Sweden are similar to those of the supposedly more socially immobile economies of the UK and USA.They are little higher than in the pre-industrial era.
一般说来,现代的瑞典有着活跃的经济和社会流动性.通过分析瑞典精英例如律师、医生、大学生的姓氏分布,本文研究表明,常规的措施大大夸大了社会流动.
公元1700的瑞典精英仍然是一个精英,并成为平均速度缓慢.B测量状态的持久性的跨代是0.7-0.8,相比于传统的研究发现0.25-0.40.
这说明了一个普遍的特点,传统的研究夸大了广义的或长期的社会流动率.在瑞典,流动性真的率是类似于那些被认为更加稳定的社会经济的英国和美国.它们（社会流动性）是略高于前工业时代.
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