Inequality & Mobility

Inequality describes the extent to which resources or outcomes (e.g., income, wealth, consumption, health, education) are similarly or unevenly distributed among individuals, groups, populations, or societies. Mobility refers to the frequency with which individuals, groups, or populations within a society change social or economic position in areas such as income, wealth, education, occupation, and the like.

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Promoting school readiness through parental engagement

  • Helena Duch
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Poverty and K–12 schooling

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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K–12 programs to reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty

  • George Farkas
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Interactive effects of Head Start and K–12 spending

  • Rucker C. Johnson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Does full-day kindergarten reduce achievement gaps?

  • Chloe Gibbs
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Administrative complexity as a barrier to school choice

  • Jennifer Jennings
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Poverty, neighborhood, and school setting

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Neighborhood and the intergenerational transmission of poverty

  • Lincoln Quillian
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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School context, segregation, and inequality

  • David Deming
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Does schooling increase or decrease social inequality?

  • Stephen Raudenbush
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017