• Social Mobility Memos

  The Marriage Crisis Hurts Social Mobility

  Richard V. Reeves and Joanna Venator | October 3, 2013 12:15pm

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  Changing marriage trends impact social mobility through accompanying shifts in single parenthood, assortative mating, and high-investment parenting approaches.  Read More

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  Obamacare and Social Mobility?

  Joanna Venator and Richard V. Reeves | October 2, 2013 9:55am

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  The policy goal of the Affordable Care Act—high quality, affordable health care—is important not just for health itself, but also for reducing health inequality and improving social mobility.

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  The Case for Downward Mobility

  Richard V. Reeves | September 30, 2013 1:32pm

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  Richard Reeves highlights the "glass floor" of social mobility: the idea that 39% of those raised in the top quintile as children remain there as adults. Reeves opens up discussions around the idea that there must be more downward mobility in order to accomodate the upward mobility of high-achieving individuals from lower-income backgrounds.  Read More

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  Early Childhood Achievement Gaps and Social Mobility (Part 3)

  Kimberly Howard and Richard V. Reeves | September 26, 2013 2:58pm

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  How well can pre-k and home visiting close gaps for low-income families? The last in a three-part series on inequalities in early childhood development.  Read More

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  Early Childhood Achievement Gaps and Social Mobility (Part 2)

  Richard V. Reeves | September 25, 2013 12:55pm

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  The second of a three-part series on inequalities in early childhood development looks at how low-income families are disproportionately represented at the bottom of the test score distribution.  Read More

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  Early Childhood Achievement Gaps and Social Mobility (Part 1)

  Richard V. Reeves | September 24, 2013 1:09pm

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  In the first of a three-part series on inequalities in early childhood development, Richard Reeves looks how the highest test scores are distributed across family income levels.  Read More

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• Social Mobility Memos

  Teenage Birth Rates at Historic Lows: Good News, but the Problem is Moving up the Age Scale

  Isabel V. Sawhill and Joanna Venator | September 20, 2013 11:45am

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  Teen birth rates have dropped to their lowest levels in more than 70 years. The next step should be to reduce unplanned pregnancies, especially for women in their twenties.  Read More

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  New Census Figures on Income Inequality Bode Poorly for Social Mobility

  Elisabeth Jacobs | September 17, 2013 11:31am

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  New census numbers show high rates of inequality persist, which may affect social mobility. While the relationship between the two in the U.S. is still unclear, the tight correlation between income and education may be cause for concern.  Read More

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  Our Predictions of the 2012 Poverty Rate and Implications for Social Mobility

  Isabel V. Sawhill and Kim Howard | September 12, 2013 10:25am

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  Isabel Sawhill and Kim Howard explain why child poverty rates are an important indicator of social mobility, and predict a slight decrease in poverty rates for 2012.  Read More

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  Inequality and Social Mobility: Breaking the Link

  Richard V. Reeves | September 11, 2013 3:33pm

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  The vital goal for policy must be to stop widening income gap turning into into a bigger opportunity gap, says Richard V. Reeves.  Read More

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