Yuval Elmelech is associate professor of sociology at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

This book is a welcome and important contribution to the stratification literature. Elmelech introduces an original conceptual framework for the study of stratification and inequality by delineating the social mechanisms underlying the causal relations between parental wealth and children economic wellbeing. By so doing, Elmelech expands the scope of stratification research from exclusive focus on labor market outcomes to the impact of family resources and family wealth on economic wellbeing. Transmitting Inequality thus, is a must for students of stratification and inequality.

• Chapter 1: The Institutional Foundation of the Commodity MarketChapter 2: Demographic Changes and the Distribution of WealthChapter 3: Social Class and PropertyChapter 4: Social Policy and Economic InequalityPart 5 Part II: Wealth and WelfarePart 6 Part III: Inequality in a Multi-Ethnic SocietyChapter 7 Chapter 5: Families, Generations and Familial ResponsibilityChapter 8 Chapter 6: The Racial/Ethnic DivideChapter 9 Chapter 7: Intragroup Inequality and Social ClosurePart 10 Part IV: Financial Institutions, Demographic Transitions and Economic Polarization

Yuval Elmelech is associate professor of sociology at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

This book is a welcome and important contribution to the stratification literature. Elmelech introduces an original conceptual framework for the study of stratification and inequality by delineating the social mechanisms underlying the causal relations between parental wealth and children economic wellbeing. By so doing, Elmelech expands the scope of stratification research from exclusive focus on labor market outcomes to the impact of family resources and family wealth on economic wellbeing. Transmitting Inequality thus, is a must for students of stratification and inequality.

• Chapter 1: The Institutional Foundation of the Commodity MarketChapter 2: Demographic Changes and the Distribution of WealthChapter 3: Social Class and PropertyChapter 4: Social Policy and Economic InequalityPart 5 Part II: Wealth and WelfarePart 6 Part III: Inequality in a Multi-Ethnic SocietyChapter 7 Chapter 5: Families, Generations and Familial ResponsibilityChapter 8 Chapter 6: The Racial/Ethnic DivideChapter 9 Chapter 7: Intragroup Inequality and Social ClosurePart 10 Part IV: Financial Institutions, Demographic Transitions and Economic Polarization

Yuval Elmelech is associate professor of sociology at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

This book is a welcome and important contribution to the stratification literature. Elmelech introduces an original conceptual framework for the study of stratification and inequality by delineating the social mechanisms underlying the causal relations between parental wealth and children economic wellbeing. By so doing, Elmelech expands the scope of stratification research from exclusive focus on labor market outcomes to the impact of family resources and family wealth on economic wellbeing. Transmitting Inequality thus, is a must for students of stratification and inequality.

• Chapter 1: The Institutional Foundation of the Commodity MarketChapter 2: Demographic Changes and the Distribution of WealthChapter 3: Social Class and PropertyChapter 4: Social Policy and Economic InequalityPart 5 Part II: Wealth and WelfarePart 6 Part III: Inequality in a Multi-Ethnic SocietyChapter 7 Chapter 5: Families, Generations and Familial ResponsibilityChapter 8 Chapter 6: The Racial/Ethnic DivideChapter 9 Chapter 7: Intragroup Inequality and Social ClosurePart 10 Part IV: Financial Institutions, Demographic Transitions and Economic Polarization