Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The paper investigates intergenerational social mobility based on data from the European Social Survey 2020. Hence, the authors do not use longitude panel data. They rely on the answers of a time point.

 

Page 1, line 34: Maybe extend: positive economic development.

 

Page 2, line 81: The test of this hypothesis needs a special statistical approach. Different coefficient must be compared to find the significant strongest influence. Maybe present a rewording to give a statistical testable hypothesis.

 

Page 2, line 82: The test of this hypothesis needs a special statistical approach to find the greatest impact. Maybe present a rewording to give a statistical testable hypothesis.

 

Page 4, line 148: The labor market does not pay always for higher education. It is necessary that employers demand the work of the educated persons.

 

Page 4, line 177: Please change MObility into Mobility.

 

Page 6, line 263: Please offer the survey (the questions) upon request.

 

Page 7, line 272: The three categories are very unspecific. More categories would be better.

 

Page 8, lines 301 to 311: The information should also be given in a table.

 

Page 8, lines 312 to 313: The results are not present. What is the base of this statement? Please give the corresponding results in a conclusive table.

 

Page 9, subsection 4.2. Correlation Analysis: The authors present a bivariate correlation analysis. The bivariate approach includes the risk of neglecting an important variable. Hence, this is not an adequate approach.

 

Page 9, line 373: Please change respondents ‘highest into respondents’ highest. Please correct it for all cases.

 

Page 10, line 391: Your ordinal logistic regression misses control variables. At least the variable age and the family situation (married, single; parents lived together or are divorced) can be included. Moreover, an indicator variable for the Soviet era could be taken into account.

 

Page 10, lines 404 to 412: Please present sources for these statements.

 

Page 10, line 420: Please present a source for the statement. The presented empirical results do not support this statement.

 

Page 10, line 428: Which question in the survey gives indications of barriers to upward mobility?

 

Page 11, line 446: This may also be influenced by the political change. Now, Lithuania is an independent country and can offer more higher occupations. Before 1990 it was part of the Soviet Union. The former state offers more higher occupations for Russians, who move back to the core country after 1991.

 

Page 11, last paragraph: The study does not analyse other factors for social mobility. Therefore, the statements may be in line with the ideas of the authors. However, the study gives no data regarding economic growth or structural inequalities. Please reword the paragraph.

 

Page 12, line 499: Please present more clearly the results of the survey which supports this statement.

 

Page 12, Table 3: How strong are these proposals supported by the results of the survey. The proposals are in general helpful to increase social mobility. The study does not analyse how effective these measures are. Therefore, the list should be comment as a general approach.

 

Page 13, line 544: Formal tests of the hypotheses are not presented.

 

Page 14, line 572: The authors present the results of a correlation analyse. Please include a sentence that the correlation analysis indicates the direction of the link.

 

Page 15, line 577: Number of observations? Ordered logistic model using the dependent variable education. Is this correct?

 

Page 15, line 581: Ordered logistic model using the dependent variable occupation. Is this correct?

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

20- "whereas maternal occupation and male gender constrain upward movement" - unclear part of sentence

22 - "with parental effects limited to educational interactions" - unclear - interactions between who ? 

85 - "excluding children’s individual attributes ..." - The authors are aware of the influence of these two factors, so it is necessary to explain why they were not examined for the purposes of this paper.

95 - "it supports the argument that systemic change interacts with family background in determining life outcomes." - that's not an argument, it could be an assumption

177 - MObility

208 - single-parent households are increasingly common - seems to be referring to households where the mother is the sole parent - sounds a bit vague

229 -By integrating the findings of Blau and Duncan, Sewell and Haller, and subsequent ... missing years -By integrating the findings of Blau and Duncan (1967), Sewell and Haller (1969), and subsequent ...

257 - The empirical study is based on statistical data analysis - contradictory sentence

341 - “Great Gatsby Curve,” which links higher inequality to lower intergenerational mobility - unspoken until the end

383-385 - Statistics were not needed for this logical conclusion.

428 -  men face greater barriers to upward mobility than women - Why ?

468 - which expanded from primary schooling to compulsory secondary education - When ?

509 - cornerstone of sustainable development - What?

557 - individual agency - unclear phrase

The paper points out that some works older than half a century have notes of transience.

 

 

 

 

 

Comments on the Quality of English Language

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear Authors,

 

thank you very much for your response.

You react to my comments.

Nevertheless, please change 'children s' into 'children's'.

Please check for the whole text, for example, Page 2 line 31, Page 2 H1, Page 2 H2

Page 9, line 47; Page 10 line 35, line 39.

Moreover, Page 6 after Table1, line 14: You mention 1426 respondents; in Table 2 sample size is 1412. What is correct?

 

Best regards

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