Social mobility can destabilize institutions as readily as it can sustain them.

Evidence

(2) Social mobility and institutional dynamics: Another force that can either destabilize institutions or contribute to their stability is the interplay between social mobility and insti- tutional preferences. — Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin, Institutional Change and Institutional…, 229

Categorization

• QUESTION: Which direction dominates — does mobility usually entrench or erode an institution? The chapter promises more on this.