Social Class Trumps Race and Poverty: Robert Putnam’s Contributions to...
Frequent readers of this blog recognize the importance I have placed on the impact of socio-economic status on life outcomes. A good summary of many impacts of socio-economic status on life outcomes...
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Predicting Greater than Median Relative Mobility in Labor Markets in the U.S.
Today I am interested in determining the impact of teen births and percent Blacks in labor markets on the chances of achieving greater than median levels of relative mobility. Research Questions: After...
View ArticleLife’s Outcomes for the Poor are Stamped Very Early
As an educator I am acutely aware of the emphasis placed on educational institutions to promote social and economic mobility. However, research from England suggests life chances are in many ways...
View ArticleIs The United States Still a Land Of Opportunity? Recent Trends in...
Chetty et al. (2014) summarize their recent studies on intergenerational economic mobility. “Is America the “Land of Opportunity”? In two recent studies, we find that: (1) Upward income mobility varies...
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Perceptions of Mobility Vary by Age, Educational Attainment and Gender
Fairly accurate data exists demonstrating whether individuals are moving up, moving down or staying in the same economic class over time. However, perceptions about their movement in the class...
View ArticleSlums: A Springboard for Upward Mobility or Quicksand?
Are slums a springboard to upward mobility or a mobility quicksand? Some economists have argued slums offer incentives for upward mobility. Recent research by Marx et al. (2013) suggests otherwise....
View ArticleIncome Inequality in the United States: Report by U.S. Congress Joint...
The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee reviews economic trends and increasing levels of income inequality in the U.S. “Recent economic news has been encouraging. Gross domestic product (GDP) has...
View ArticleSome Good, Bad Findings for MOOCs
MOOC Research Initiative Reports Source: MOOC Research Initiative From Chronicle of Higher Education blog post: In December 2013 a group of academics gathered during a Texas snowstorm and began the...
View ArticleBrookings Institution Says Quality Programs Can Improve Social Mobility
Policy Works: How Quality Programs Can Improve Social Mobility Source: Brookings Institution Children born into low-income families face multiple barriers to upward mobility: not just a lack of money,...
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Where is Economic Mobility the Greatest?
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has published an interesting article on economic mobility across Federal Reserve Districts. The economic mobility metric was defined as the probability that a...
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