The Economic Mobility Project conducts research on how and why people move up or down the income ladder within a lifetime or from one generation to the next. Our work is guided by an Advisory Board of esteemed economists and social scientists and by a Principals Group of respected leaders from across the political spectrum.
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November 1, 2011
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Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States
This report introduces two new and flexible measures to examine upward relative economic mobility.
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Getting Ahead or Losing Ground
This 2008 report discussed how growing income inequality and slower economic growth suggested that is was time to review the facts about opportunity and mobility in America and to attempt to answer the basic question: Is the American Dream alive and well?
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How Much Does the Federal Government Spend to Promote Economic Mobility and for Whom?
This 2008 report examines exactly how much the federal government invests in the American Dream and encourages economic mobility, what form this encouragement takes and who benefits from these efforts. more
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Economic Mobility in America
This 2007 report raised provocative questions about the continuing ability of all Americans to move up the economic ladder and calls into question whether the American economic meritocracy is alive and well. more
