well you can read the study directly, the Guardian summary seems to be pretty poor if it's giving you the sense that differences narrow rapidly each generation

well you can read the study directly, the Guardian summary seems to be pretty poor if it's giving you the sense that differences narrow rapidly each generation — the study found social status is as heritable as height and can persist for 20 generation or more: https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/54515/1/WP181%20revised.pdf https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/54515/1/WP181%20revised.pdf