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February 13, 2013
Economic Mobility: Reaction to the State of the Union & GOP Response
Economic mobility is a unifying and bipartisan idea discussed by both President Obama in his State of the Union address and Senator Marco Rubio in the GOP response. Erin Currier discusses drivers, such as education, savings, and neighborhood poverty, that impact people's ability to achieve the American Dream. more
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- Press Release
- Economic Mobility Project
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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- Issue Brief
- Economic Mobility Project
Ups and Downs: Americans' Prospects for Recovery After an Income Loss
As Americans face rising unemployment rates and greater uncertainty about the future in this current economic downturn, this report investigates the extent to which the American economy promotes upward economic mobility and prevents downward economic mobility.
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- Report
- Economic Mobility Project
Does America Promote Mobility as Well as Other Nations?
This November 2011 fact sheet, Does America Promote Mobility As Well As Other Nations?, previewed selected key findings from a multi-country study of economic mobility.
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- Report
- Economic Mobility Project
Downward Mobility From the Middle Class
This 2011 report examines potential factors that cause some Americans who grow up in the middle class to fall down the economic ladder as adults.
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- Research & Analysis
- Economic Mobility Project
Pathways to Economic Mobility
The Economic Mobility Project’s 2008 report explored some of the key factors that affect the likelihood that a person will move up or down the economic ladder over time. more
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- Report
- Economic Mobility Project
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
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- Stateline Story
Congress' Minimum Wage Vote: Prelude to a Better Politics?
Are we truly on a swing back to centrist and pragmatic politics? Like a first robin of spring, the House's fast vote to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 in a phased two-year process, up from the $5.15 figure at which the Republican-controlled Congress left it frozen for the past decade, is a good omen.more