Grandparents fix "mobility mistakes", say researchers Children's eventual position in Britain's class system is closely linked to that of their grandparents, not just their parents, academics say.
And where parents have "dropped down" the socio-economic ladder, the so-called "grandparents effect" often pulls them back up, research suggests.
The passing on of wealth and property is thought to play a part.
Academics at Oxford and Durham universities looked at data on the lives of more
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