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Title: As Wealth Gap Widens, Class Mobility Stalls
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1. Wessler, David
As Wealth Gap Widens, Class Mobility Stalls
The Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2005: A1
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Dow Jones, Inc.
Keyword(s): Fathers and Sons; Income Dynamics/Shocks; Mobility, Economic; Mobility, Social

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First of a series of articles about new evidence that points to shrinking economic mobility in the United States. Mentions research by Melissa Osborne Groves that used NLS data to explain father-son income links though similarities in attitudes about life. Also cites research by Bhashkar Mazumder using NLS data in conjunction with Social Security records to compare the economic achievement of fathers with their sons.
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Wessler, David. "As Wealth Gap Widens, Class Mobility Stalls." The Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2005: A1.