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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Rethinking U.S. economic mobility to study change within a generation

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Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility

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In Her Hands: A Guaranteed Income Initiative

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Unlocking Opportunity: The Long-Term Effects of EITC-Led Migration on Families and Intergenerational Mobility

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The Distribution of Federally-Insured Mortgages: 1935-1975 Evidence from Local Land Records

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Improving economic outcomes for single mothers and their children across the United States

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Request for Proposals: The economic effects of the Inflation Reduction Act

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What makes a job ‘good’? How U.S. labor market data can provide insight to improve workers’ economic conditions

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