Posts tagged with 'social mobility'
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June 28, 2023
Why upward mobility from poverty is particularly low in the United States
New study compares the mechanisms through which poverty persistence is channeled in high-income countries
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September 19, 2019
Mothers’ employment encourages children to work more as adults
Working mothers serve as role models especially for daughters
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September 12, 2017
Who are the women in the top 1% and how do they make their money?
A lot of attention has been given to rising inequality and, in particular, to the increasing income share going to […]
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August 13, 2015
Color discrimination remains a big problem in the U.S. — Interview with new IZA JoLE Editor Joni Hersch
A year after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in Ferguson, the U.S. […]
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August 5, 2014
Do personality traits affect productivity? Evidence from the lab
Individual differences in cognitive abilities measures such as IQ cannot fully explain the wage variation across workers, nor the intergenerational […]