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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In Conversation with Miles Corak

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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

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Wealth as a driver of income and consumption mobility in the United States

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New research suggests that social circles affect upward mobility among U.S. children and young adults

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

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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Economic impacts of mentoring for disadvantaged youth: RCT evidence

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From the Urban Institute: “Place and Opportunity”

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Realizing the promise of place-based economics requires more and better data from across the United States

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Inequality, mobility, and the American Dream

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Equal access to a good education is not just about sound school budgets

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Dinner table entrepreneurship on both sides of the Atlantic

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In Conversation

In conversation with Richard Reeves

Inequality & Mobility
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Wealth distribution and social mobility in the US: A quantitative approach

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Income inequality and economic mobility remain defined largely by race and ethnicity in the United States

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There is more to equal access to a good education than sound school budgets

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Inequality of educational opportunity? Schools as mediators of the intergenerational transmission of income

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The importance of equitable growth for future mobility in the United States

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