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Supporting the American Dream through Economic Mobility
As both Republicans and Democrats plan their conventions and their policy platforms, the strength of the American Dream is of even greater concern than usual. Pew’s work on economic mobility is of particular relevance to these discussions.
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Bipartisan Economic Mobility Caucus Launched by U.S. Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Moran (R-KS)
On July 25, Pew's Economic Mobility Project (EMP) joined United States Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) to formally launch the Economic Mobility Caucus—a forum for discussion about the facts and drivers of economic mobility in America. more
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Pew Finds Most Americans Have Greater Income Than Their Parents, But Little Movement Up and Down the Economic Ladder
Pursuing the American Dream: Economic Mobility Across Generations shows opportunity is not the same for everyone. While 84 percent of Americans have higher family incomes than their parents did at the same age, those born at the top and bottom of the income ladder are likely to stay there as adults. 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 Research Uses Housing Boom & Bust to Measure Housing Wealth Impact on College Enrollment and Graduation Rates
A new Pew report, Housing Wealth and Higher Education: Building a Foundation for Economic Mobility, finds that low- and middle-income students whose families experienced increases in housing wealth just before reaching college age were more likely to attend college, more likely to attend higher-quality universities, and more likely to graduate.
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Pew Finds Many Children Fall Out of the Middle Class As Adults
A middle-class upbringing does not guarantee the same status as an adult, according to a new report by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream. more
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August 11, 2011
Economic Mobility and the American Dream
This video animates the difference between two measurements of economic mobility. more
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August 11, 2011
Is the American Dream Alive and Well?
Erin Currier discusses public perception on the American Dream in the wake of the Great Recession. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
Public Favors Increased Government Role in Promoting American Dream, According to Poll by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project
A new national poll released today by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project finds that 83 percent of Americans support a government role in promoting upward economic mobility, a sentiment that cuts across party lines. In fact, 58 percent think it could do even more.
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Pew Quantifies the Collateral Costs of Incarceration on the Economic Mobility of Former Inmates, Their Families, and Their Children
Incarceration reduces former inmates’ earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility, according to a new Pew report, Collateral Costs: Incarceration’s Effect on Economic Mobility. more
Media Coverage
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- Media Coverage
- Economic Mobility Project
Bitter Politics of Envy?
You’re just jealous. At least that’s how Mitt Romney sees it. The millionaire who posed for a picture with the boys at Bain Capital with the long green clinched between their teeth and poking out of their collars and jackets now says that people who question what he did there, and what rich people do now, are just green with envy. more
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The Recession’s Permanent Victims
America will recover from today’s slump. But not all Americans. The Pew survey collects sobering data on what happens to Americans who experience sharp income losses. Most eventually struggle back to their feet. But a substantial minority never do.
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The Economics Of Divorce
[Some] Pew stats on divorce that Kevin Drum highlights today (see fact sheet for more) are a good pretext for something I've been meaning to get off my chest for a while. When people look at income statistics, they often fail to explicitly account for the fact that there are tradeoffs between economic and non-economic aspects of life. more
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Middle Class Dropouts
Nearly one-third of Americans who were raised in the middle class dropped down the economic ladder as adults—and that's before the Great Recession hit. more
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Americans Increasingly Lack Ability to Climb Economic Ladder
Americans in 2012 enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe, the New York Times reports.In recent years, at least five large studies have identified a "mobility gap" in the United States.
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The Loss of Upward Mobility in the U.S.
Economic mobility is becoming a more prominent issue in the 2012 Republican presidential race, and will likely be widely discussed in the general election. more
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Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs
American life is built on the faith that people can rise from humble origins to economic heights. But many researchers have reached a conclusion that turns conventional wisdom on its head: Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe.
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We Feel Rich Enough
Just one percent of Americans mention inequality when asked what is the most important problem facing the country.
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Good News on Income Mobility
I’ve been meaning to write about income mobility for a while, and this new piece by one of my favorite economists in town, the Brookings Institution’s Scott Winship, prompts me to finally get around to it. What better way to start the new year than by learning that the American dream still lives on?
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A Brainpower Revolution
This is a moment when policymakers should be thinking big, not small. History will little note nor long remember that the payroll tax holiday was extended for two months rather than 12. The complex and difficult questions we’re avoiding, however, may haunt us through the century.
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