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Essays on Economic Mobility and Inequality in the United States

How does economic mobility over the individual life course shape population-level trends in economic inequality, and, in turn, how does this inequality influence individuals' economic mobility prospects? Historically, allowing opportunities for economic mobility has been seen as an American alternative to equalizing incomes. However, after decades of rising inequality across the population and persistent disparity between racial groups, many academics and policymakers have come to question how neatly we can separate the two.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/12274594
Date January 2014
CreatorsBloome, Deirdre R
ContributorsWestern, Bruce, Jencks, Christopher
PublisherHarvard University
Source SetsHarvard University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Rightsclosed access

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