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 the United States, it’s not what you know but who your parents know

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers and the Earnings of Young Workers

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The Effect of Political Power on Labor Market Inequality: Evidence from the 1965 Voting Rights Act

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Equitable Growth’s Household Pulse graphs: September 16–28 Edition

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Equitable Growth’s household pulse graphs: September 2–14 edition

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