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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Equitable Growth hosts Econ 101 virtual event on how U.S. social insurance programs boost economic mobility

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Factsheet: U.S. economic mobility and policies to increase upward mobility

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In Conversation with Miles Corak

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U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

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

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

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The implications of U.S. gender and racial disparities in income and wealth inequality at each stage of the innovation process

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In Conversation with Leemore Dafny

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Low intergenerational mobility in the United States shows impact of race and public policy

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In Conversation with Janet Currie

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Rising income inequality exacerbates downward economic mobility

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In Conversation with Bhash Mazumder

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