Our sixth annual State of the Union issue of Pathways is now available! In this year’s issue, the country’s leading experts provide the latest evidence on how millennials are faring. Can they make it in the new gig economy? Are they facing higher rates of poverty than previous generations? Are the key race and gender gaps finally closing for them? Here's our promise: Many of the answers surprise. Read now!
State of the Union Report
Racial and Gender Identities - Sasha Shen Johfre and Aliya Saperstein, Stanford University
Student Debt - Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan
Employment - Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University
Criminal Justice - Bruce Western, Columbia University and Jessica Simes, Boston University
Education - Florencia Torche and Amy L. Johnson, Stanford University
Income and Earnings - Christine Percheski, Northwestern University
Social Mobility - Michael Hout, New York University
Occupational Segregation - Kim Weeden, Cornell University
Poverty and the Safety Net - Marybeth Mattingly, Stanford University; Christopher Wimer, Sophie Collyer and Luke Aylward, Columbia University
Housing - Darrick Hamilton, Ohio State University, and Christopher Famighetti, The New School
Social Networks - Mario L. Small and Maleah Fekete, Harvard University
Health - Mark Duggan and Jackie Li, Stanford University
Policy - Sheldon Danziger, Russell Sage Foundation
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For more information about The State of the Union on Poverty and Inequality, read the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 reports, or email inequality@stanford.edu.
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