Opportunity and social mobility
Before class: Read selected parts of Chetty et al. 2014
- Section 0. Introduction
- Section IV. Discussion
- Figure 1
- Figure 3
In class, we will discuss
- These figures
- Why we might care about economic mobility
Then we will discuss the data analysis exercise to come next
Optional reading
Corak, M. (2016). Economic mobility. Pathways: A Magazine on Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy.
Bloome, D. (2015). Income inequality and intergenerational income mobility in the United States. Social Forces, 93(3), 1047-1080.
Optional podcast
Dubner, S. (2017). Is the American dream really dead? Freakonomics.