What can the Labour Force Survey tell us about inter-generational social mobility?

The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for a short piece of analysis exploring the potential of the new social mobility questions in the Labour Force Survey to shed light on trends in, and patterns of, social mobility in the UK. A key constraint in analysing trends in social mobility is the lack of information on the impact that social background has on labour market outcomes in adult life. Academic studies of social mobility rely on sources such as Birth Cohort St...