intergenerational mobility

Has U.S. Economic Mobility Declined?

Jan 23, 2014

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in Economics, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Economic mobility has not changed in forty years according to this NEBR paper: Is the United States Still a Land of Opportunity? Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility Abstract We present new evidence on trends in intergenerational mobility in the U.S. using administrative earnings records. We find that percentile rank-based measures of intergenerational mobility have remainedextremely…

Economics Links

Jan 13, 2014

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economics, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Links – Economics, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. The Atlantic: If You Really Care About Ending Poverty, Stop Talking About Inequality Don’t mind the rich-poor gap. Statistical analysis shows three factors—overall income growth, marriages, and local government spending—matter most for poorer children chasing the American Dream. … … But for all the new attention devoted to the 1 percent, a new dataset…

Mobility Impaired

Nov 9, 2011

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mwkruse

in Economics, Generations, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

National Review Online: Mobility Impaired (This is a great piece, but I don't advise reading it until you've had your morning coffee. It is a bit complex to think about it, but he raises some important clarifications.) … One way to assess the extent of mobility is to ask whether people tend to be better…

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Has U.S. Economic Mobility Declined?

Economics Links

Mobility Impaired