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How your parents' income throughout your childhood can change your life

Research finds that the money your parents are making when you're a teen, rather than child, is more predictive of your outcomes as an adult.
A lot of research on intergenerational mobility has focused on parents' income when children are young. But new research finds that parental income when children are older could have a bigger influence on how much they earn as adults.
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In this housing market, all-cash deals are king

Private equity firms and other real estate investors are taking advantage of high mortgage rates in low-income neighborhoods, says housing strategist Majora Carter.
Housing strategist Majora Carter says that the trend is especially pronounced in low-income neighborhoods, where private equity firms and other companies use all-cash deals to rapidly snap up housing.
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What's the link between physical and economic mobility?

Oct 14, 2021
In his latest book, globalization scholar Parag Khanna looks at how and why our lives may become a lot more mobile in the decades to come.
A demonstrator holds a banner during the Unteilbar (Indivisible) protest for social justice and climate change action on Sep. 4, in Berlin, Germany.
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"Generation Wealth" is about more than money

Jul 17, 2018
In her new documentary, Lauren Greenfield takes on the changing American dream.
Lauren Greenfield photographed excesses in her documentary "Generation Wealth," above.
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Signs that some workers, especially in high tech, are willing to move for a job

May 18, 2018
A new survey out this morning of mobility in the American workforce finds that one in four job applicants would move to a new city for a new job, a higher salary or better career opportunities. The online employment site Glassdoor found that younger workers and men were more likely than others to relocate to […]

What the tax bill means for economic mobility

Dec 22, 2017
It's "going to increase our black-white wealth gap," says professor Dorothy Brown of Emory University.
From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, arrive at a press conference after the Senate passed the tax reform bill today in Washington, D.C.
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In Charlotte, it's especially tough to climb the economic ladder

Dec 21, 2016
Research shows low-income children in NC have just a four percent chance of rising to the top
Voters outside a polling place in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Bill Nye on what science knowledge is worth

Sep 18, 2015
Wish you'd paid closer attention in science class?

What pushes people up the economic ladder

Apr 17, 2015
Researchers have discovered factors that may help economic mobility.

What makes a land of opportunity

Apr 16, 2015
Dayton, Ohio can teach us a lot about mobility and the American Dream.