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Title: Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States
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Mazumder, Bhashkar |
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Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States Economic Mobility Project, the Pew Charitable Trust, May 2008. Also: http://www.economicmobility.org/reports_and_research/other?id=0004 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Pew Charitable Trust Keyword(s): Disadvantaged, Economically; Income Distribution; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility, Economic; Racial Differences; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In an era of rising income inequality, understanding the extent of economic mobility from one generation to the next in America has never been more important. Only if there is considerable opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to move beyond their parents' place in the income distribution, may economic inequality be viewed as tolerable. This report introduces two new and flexible measures to examine upward relative mobility--the extent to which children can rise above their parents' position when compared to their peers. The report also explores various factors that might account for racial differences in upward economic mobility rates. |
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Mazumder, Bhashkar. "Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States." Economic Mobility Project, the Pew Charitable Trust, May 2008. |