Life is often unfair, right from the start. Which family you are born into has a great impact on future life and income opportunities. Despite great personal commitment, many ultimately remain in the socio-economic class of their parents. In this way, class affiliation is also – and above all – inherited over generations in Austria. This is also confirmed by a recent OECD analysis. Social advancement is therefore proving to be a difficult, if not impossible undertaking.
Why social advancement here in Austria still fails so often as "rungs can be pulled into the ladder" at the system level and why this is politically uneven was demonstrated and discussed by profound experts in national and international research on the subject of "social mobility" at this event.
