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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Social Networks and Labor-Market Outcomes: Toward an Economic Analysis | Montgomery. James D. |
Social Networks and Labor-Market Outcomes: Toward an Economic AnalysisAuthor: Montgomery. James D.Publisher: American Economic Review Date: |
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Structural Holes | Ronald S. Burt | ||
The New Geography of Global Income Inequality | Glenn Firebaugh |
The New Geography of Global Income InequalityAuthor: Glenn FirebaughPublisher: Harvard University Press Date: |
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Are All the Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium | Kate Antonovics and Robert Town |
Are All the Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage PremiumAuthor: Kate Antonovics and Robert TownPublisher: American Economic Review Date: |
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Information Networks in Labor Markets | Rees, Albert |
Information Networks in Labor MarketsAuthor: Rees, AlbertPublisher: American Economic Review Date: |
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mobility - CPI Affiliates
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Anthony Giddens |
Life Fellow of King's College; Professor Lord (Emeritus); Director, Center for the Study of Global Governance |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
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Carlos-Antonio-Costa Ribeiro |
Professor of Sociology; member of the Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Inequality Studies |
Intituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro |
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Harry B. G. Ganzeboom |
Professor of Sociology and Social Research Methodology |
Free University Amsterdam |
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Mobility - Other Research
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The Division of Labor in Society | Emile Durkheim | ||
Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Inequality | Yannis M. Ioannides and Linda D. Louryi |
Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and InequalityAuthor: Yannis M. Ioannides and Linda D. LouryiPublisher: Journal of Economic Literature Date: |
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Wage Inequality and the Rise in Returns to Skill | Chinhui Juhn, Kevin M. Murphy and Brooks Pierce |
Wage Inequality and the Rise in Returns to SkillAuthor: Chinhui Juhn, Kevin M. Murphy and Brooks PiercePublisher: Journal of Political Economy Date: |
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Intergenerational Consequences of Family Disruption | McLanahan, Sara and Larry Bumpass |
Intergenerational Consequences of Family DisruptionAuthor: McLanahan, Sara and Larry BumpassPublisher: American Journal of Sociology Date: |
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America Unequal | Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk |
America UnequalAuthor: Sheldon Danziger and Peter GottschalkPublisher: Harvard University Press Date: |
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