Topic Economic Mobility

Economic mobility measures the relationship between a parent and child’s economic outcomes, usually in terms of income. Too often, an individual’s economic outcome in the United States is determined by parental resources, race, and privilege, rather than individual effort and talent. In addition, rising economic inequality over the past several decades means that the consequences of stalled or falling economic mobility have gotten worse. Equitable Growth seeks to understand how today’s inequalities could be foreclosing equality of opportunity for future generations.

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Race and the lack of intergenerational economic mobility in the United States

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Expert Focus: The intersection of community and inequality

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A generational perspective on recent U.S. homeownership divergence by income and race

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Expert Focus: Leading Black scholars on U.S. economic inequality and growth (Part 2)

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Misvaluations in local property tax assessments cause the tax burden to fall more heavily on Black, Latinx homeowners

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The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation

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