Inequality & Mobility

Inequality describes the extent to which resources or outcomes (e.g., income, wealth, consumption, health, education) are similarly or unevenly distributed among individuals, groups, populations, or societies. Mobility refers to the frequency with which individuals, groups, or populations within a society change social or economic position in areas such as income, wealth, education, occupation, and the like.

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How Does Exposure to Toxic Waste Sites Before Birth Affect Children’s Development?

  • Claudia Persico
  • Podcasts
  • 2017
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Childhood obesity

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2017
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Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of Racial Wealth Inequality

  • Jason Houle
  • Podcasts
  • 2017
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Intergenerational transmission of income inequality: What do we know?

  • Gary Solon
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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The role of parenting in the intergenerational transmission of poverty

  • Ariel Kalil
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Does increased income reduce child maltreatment?

  • Lawrence M. Berger
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Promoting school readiness through parental engagement

  • Helena Duch
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Poverty and K–12 schooling

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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K–12 programs to reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty

  • George Farkas
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Interactive effects of Head Start and K–12 spending

  • Rucker C. Johnson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017