Economic mobility

The reporters who traveled the world for "Six Routes" tell their stories.

Can a good preschool education lead to higher wages?

An accident that changed Jay Cramer's mobility also changed his finances.

During our series with the BBC, Six Routes to Riches, we’ve been talking about mobility all over the world, and here in the United States. So what does the American Dream mean to you? Do you feel like you are upwardly mobile? Share your stories on the web, by visiting us on Marketplace’s Facebook page, […]

You've heard about the glass ceiling. But what about a "glass floor"?

A new study is being heralded as the first, most complete study of mobility and how it relates to where a child lives.

Relocating to a safer neighborhood with better schools can help families move up the economic ladder. But the change can be stressful, and complicated.

Pew Research Center says middle class family income and wealth have shrunk.

Marketplace's Sylvester Monroe visits his childhood home -- a demolished public housing project in Chicago -- to see who made it out and who's moving up the economic ladder.