Social Mobility
Leaders: Raj Chetty, Gary Solon, Florencia Torche
The purpose of the Social Mobility RG is to develop and exploit new administrative sources for measuring mobility and the effects of policy on mobility out of poverty. This research group is doing so by (a) providing comprehensive analyses of intergenerational mobility based on linked administrative data from U.S. tax returns, W-2s, and other sources, and (b) developing a new infrastructure for monitoring social mobility, dubbed the American Opportunity Study, that is based on linking census and other administrative data. Here’s a sampling of projects:
Small place estimates: The Equal Opportunity Project, led by Raj Chetty, uses tax return data to monitor opportunities for mobility out of poverty. In one of the new lines of analysis coming out of this project, the first round of results at the level of “commuting zones” are being redone at a more detailed level (e.g., census block level), thus allowing for even better inferences about the effects of place.
The American Opportunity Study: This research group is also collaborating with the Census Bureau to develop a new infrastructure for monitoring mobility that treats linked decennial census data as the spine on which other administrative data are hung.
Colleges and rising income inequality: Where do poor children go to attend college? The “Mobility Report Card” will convey the joint distribution of parent and student incomes for every Title IV institution in the United States.
The “absolute mobility” of the poor: What fraction of poor children grow up to earn more than their parents? Have rates of absolute upward mobility changed over time? This project develops a new method of estimating rates of absolute mobility for the 1940-1984 birth cohorts.
Intergenerational elasticities in the U.S.: There remains some debate about the size of intergenerational elasticities in the U.S. A rarely-used sample of 1987 tax data provides new evidence on U.S. elasticities.
Featured Examples
Mobility - CPI Research
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How Class Works: Objective and Subjective Aspects of Class since the 1970s | Michael Hout |
How Class Works: Objective and Subjective Aspects of Class since the 1970sAuthor: Michael HoutPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation Date: 07/2008 |
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Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? | Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, In Paik |
Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?Author: Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, In PaikPublisher: American Journal of Sociology Date: 03/2007 |
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Social Class and Earnings Inequality | Kim A. Weeden, Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, David B. Grusky |
Social Class and Earnings InequalityAuthor: Kim A. Weeden, Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, David B. GruskyPublisher: American Behavioral Scientist Date: 01/2007 |
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Life-Cycle Variation in the Association between Current and Lifetime Earnings | Steven Haider , Gary Solon |
Life-Cycle Variation in the Association between Current and Lifetime EarningsAuthor: Steven Haider , Gary SolonPublisher: National Bureau of Economic Research Date: 09/2005 |
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The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes | Mark S. Granovetter |
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic OutcomesAuthor: Mark S. GranovetterPublisher: Journal of Economic Perspectives Date: 01/2005 |
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mobility - CPI Affiliates
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Rick Fantasia |
Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology; Director, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute |
Smith College |
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Robert Erikson |
Professor, Institute for Social Research |
Stockholm University |
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Nathaniel Hendren |
Assistant Professor of Economics |
Harvard University |
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Ruud Luijkx |
Associate Professor of Sociology |
Tilburg University |
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Scott Eliason |
Associate Professor |
University of Minnesota |
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Mobility - Other Research
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The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarizing of America | Bennett Harrison and Barry Bluestone |
The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarizing of AmericaAuthor: Bennett Harrison and Barry BluestonePublisher: Basic Books, Inc. Date: |
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Changes in the Structure of Wages in the 1980’s: An Evaluation of Alternative Explanations | John Bound and George Johnson |
Changes in the Structure of Wages in the 1980’s: An Evaluation of Alternative ExplanationsAuthor: John Bound and George JohnsonPublisher: American Economic Review Date: |
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Disorder in the Life Course: How Common and Does it Matter? | Rindfuss, Ronald, C. Gray Swicegood, and Rachel A... |
Disorder in the Life Course: How Common and Does it Matter?Author: Rindfuss, Ronald, C. Gray Swicegood, and Rachel A...Publisher: American Sociological Review Date: |
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Life Course Risks, Mobility Regimes, and Mobility Consequences: A Comparison of Sweden, Germany, and the U.S. | Thomas A. DiPrete |
Life Course Risks, Mobility Regimes, and Mobility Consequences: A Comparison of Sweden, Germany, and the U.S.Author: Thomas A. DiPretePublisher: American Journal of Sociology Date: |
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