Re:The 'glass floor' keeps the children of the rich at the top
by dpflan on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @12:48PM
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"One of Reeves’ studies found that 43% of the members of upper-class households had skills and intelligence that predicted lower incomes."
Wow, that is a large percentage! There are some interesting data points, but that percentage stands out to me. There must be some sort of evolutionary-economic angle to this.
Re:The 'glass floor' keeps the children of the rich at the top
by xyzzyz on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @12:58PM
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This is simply regression towards the mean. Same reason why children of two tall parents, while taller than general population, will on average be shorter than their parents.
Wow, that is a large percentage! There are some interesting data points, but that percentage stands out to me. There must be some sort of evolutionary-economic angle to this.