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By: Inequality, mobility, opportunity « Consider the Evidence

Inequality, mobility, opportunity « Consider the Evidence — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:24:27 +0000

[...] consequences it may have. One of those consequences is reduced intergenerational mobility (relative intergenerational income mobility, to be more precise). Krueger provided a graph showing that nations with greater income inequality [...]

By: Inequality and mobility at the top « Consider the Evidence

Inequality and mobility at the top « Consider the Evidence — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:36:05 +0000

[...] there’s enough movement up and down in the income distribution over time (in technical lingo, relative intragenerational income mobility) that we needn’t worry about single-year inequality at all. It doesn’t matter whether [...]

By: Learning Your Way Into the Middle Class? « Education and Class

Learning Your Way Into the Middle Class? « Education and Class — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:32:35 +0000

[...] 31, 2008 Lane Kentworthy, over at Consider the Evidence, has been doing a series of posts here, here, here, and here on economic mobility and income inequality in the U.S. The news is not [...]

By: Rising Inequality Hinders Upward Mobility « Consider the Evidence

Rising Inequality Hinders Upward Mobility « Consider the Evidence — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:10:07 +0000

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By: Is the U.S. a High-Inequality Country if Mobility Is Taken into Account? « Consider the Evidence

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:57:12 +0000

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By: Can Mobility Offset an Increase in Inequality? « Consider the Evidence

Can Mobility Offset an Increase in Inequality? « Consider the Evidence — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:13:26 +0000

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By: Publius

Publius — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:30:05 +0000

Lane, I would also like to see consideration for the mobility extended for new Americans and also non-citizens who may find it easier to be upwardly mobile in the US than other countries.

I find that most studies on inequality tend to ignore the fact that America’s population has swelled with newcomers that might decrease our internal ‘equality’ but really actually heighten global mobility and decrease global inequality.