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Economic Mobility of the States is a new interactive tool that captures the findings of the first analysis of Americans’ economic mobility at the state level, including data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. more
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Climbing Income Ladder Easier in New Jersey Than Texas, Pew Says
A week after the Occupy Wall Street movement protested economic inequality in May Day rallies across the U.S., a study found that the ability to become rich may depend on where you live. more
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Study: Economic Opportunity Better in Northeast, Worse in South
They call it the American Dream, but it doesn't seem to be stretching from sea to shining sea. more
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Study: Economic Mobility Depends on the State You Live In
The ability of individuals to achieve the American dream depends on where they live, according to the first state-by-state look at the opportunity to move up the economic ladder. more
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Ky. Worse Than US in Movement on Earnings Ladder
A new study of which states are more likely to have residents moving up or down the earnings ladder has been released, and Kentucky is among the nine Southern states that have economic mobility below the national average. more
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Memo to Would-Be Members of the 1%: Move to the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic
Reaching for the American dream? Your best chances are probably in New York, New Jersey or Maryland. more
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Pa. Workers More 'Upwardly Mobile'
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moreA new study of government economic data finds that Pennsylvania residents are more upwardly mobile than average, attaining greater heights on the earnings ladder than residents of most other states.
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Economic Mobility of the States
Welcome to Economic Mobility of the States. This interactive tool captures the findings of the first analysis of Americans' economic mobility—their movement up or down the income ladder—on a state level. more
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Economic Mobility of the States
Economic Mobility of the States is a new interactive tool that captures the findings of the first analysis of Americans’ economic mobility—their movement up and down the earnings ladder—at the state level, including data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Users can click the map to see where in the country Americans are most likely to move up rather than down, and where they are most likely to move down rather than up. more
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Pew Finds States in Mideast & New England Have Better Economic Mobility Than National Average; States in South Have Worse
Economic Mobility of the States, released today by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, is the first time research has identified where in the country Americans are more likely to move up or down the earnings ladder. more
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Pew Studies Economic Mobility in the States
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states lead the way as places where people can improve their economic status. Many Southern states are falling behind.
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