Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Up Front

Seven key takeaways from Chetty’s new research on friendship and economic mobility

Richard V. Reeves and Coura Fall

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Santiago, Chile - February 11, 2020: Protesters on the streets around Plaza de Italia during recent demonstrations against inequality in Santiago de Chile.

Future Development

Is the risk of crime against businesses greater in more unequal countries?

Addisu Lashitew, Sorin Krammer, and Jonathan Doh

Monday, August 1, 2022

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Up Front

Class Notes: The black-white wealth gap, togetherness in the household, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, July 28, 2022

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Future Development

Summer readings on cash transfers and social protection

Ugo Gentilini

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Reports

Report

Targeting, universalism, and other factors affecting social programs’ political strength

Robert Greenstein

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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Report

An inclusive future? Technology, new dynamics, and policy challenges

David Autor, Kaushik Basu, Zia Qureshi, and Dani Rodrik

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Who You Know: Relationships, networks and social capital in boosting educational opportunity for young Americans

Richard V. Reeves and Beyond Deng

Thursday, May 26, 2022

China

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

Ryan Hass, Kevin Dong, Jude Blanchette, and Briana Boland

Monday, May 16, 2022

Report

The impacts of the 2021 expanded child tax credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being

Leah Hamilton, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, Elaine Maag, Yung Chun, Laura Brugger, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Blog Posts

Fes, Morocco mural ignores women essential workers

Future Development

Does it really matter if female labor force participation is miscounted?

Alice Evans

Friday, July 15, 2022

Up Front

Stuck on the ladder: Wealth mobility is low and decreases with age

Ember Smith, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, Christopher Pulliam, and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Up Front

The Black-white gap in wealth mobility and what to do about it

Ember Smith, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, Christopher Pulliam, and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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Podcast Episode

Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, October 22, 2021

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Industrial decline and the rise of populists in Russia, the U.S., and Britain

Fiona Hill and David Dollar

Monday, October 11, 2021

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Podcast Episode

Why it’s harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Marcela Escobari and Fred Dews

Friday, August 13, 2021

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Reports

Reshaping the economic narrative around America’s rural communities

An inclusive future? Technological change and public policy

Who you know: The role of social capital in uplifting young Americans

Nonresident Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative