The tale of two Davids (Cameron and Beckham) and our social mobility problem

Major, Lee Elliott and Machin, Stephen ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701 (2018) The tale of two Davids (Cameron and Beckham) and our social mobility problem. LSE Business Review (28 Nov 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

One David was born in a terraced house in East London, his father a kitchen fitter, his mother a hairdresser. The other David grew up in an idyllic village in the English countryside, his father a stockbroker, his mother the daughter of a baronet. The first David left school at 16 without any qualifications; the second studied at Eton and Oxford. One married an Essex girl; the other married the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE Economics Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Date Deposited:	13 May 2021 11:12
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:17
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110464

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