Economic Mobility in America, Part Two
Click Here to Open the Full Report in a New Tab Executive Summary The conventional wisdom—both outside and inside the research community—is that if someone wants to achieve the “American Dream” of upward mobility, she should move to Canada or Scandinavia. However,...
The Importance of Structural Factors in Understanding Economic Mobility
By Gonzalo Schwarz — October 4, 2018 Click Here to Open the PDF in a New Tab Economic mobility and inequality remain at the forefront of public policy conversations and have influenced presidential campaign rhetoric and debates both in the United States and...
Inaccurate reporting on social inequality makes matters worse
This article was originally published in The Hill. By James Heckman and Gonzalo Schwarz — October 8, 2018 We live at a time when trust in the media to report the facts honestly is at an all-time low. Extreme political polarization, and...
California’s Two Strikes Against Economic Opportunity
This article was originally published on Medium. California has earned its place as first in the nation in two oddly related categories: poverty and spending on welfare programs. Indeed, often thought of as a state that is uniquely caring, especially for the...
