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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Poverty and childhood health

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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How childhood health affects poverty in adulthood

  • Anna Aizer
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Effects of poverty and health on children’s cognitive development

  • Margot Jackson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Medicaid and intergenerational economic mobility

  • Rourke O'Brien
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Inequality before birth: Effects of in utero pollution exposure on children’s development

  • Claudia Persico
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Poverty and early care and education

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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What is the role of early childhood policies in fighting intergenerational transmission of poverty?

  • Jane Waldfogel
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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What is “high-quality” early care and education?

  • Terri J. Sabol
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Can successful preschool programs work outside public schools?

  • Christina Weiland
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Poverty and parenting young children

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017