John, 31, earns $10,000 a year as a seasonal worker at Macy's. His parents earn a combined income of $200,000 as lawyers. This is an example of:

a. upward intergenerational mobility
b. upward intragenerational mobility
c. downward intergenerational mobility
d. downward horizontal mobility


c. downward intergenerational mobility

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