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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Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty: Rich and Middle Income Countries

  • Salvatore Morelli, Timothy Smeeding, and Jeffrey Thompson
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2014
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Undocumented Young Adults in the United States and the ‘Transition from Belonging to Illegality’

  • Roberto Gonzales
  • Podcasts
  • 2014
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Poor and In Poor Health

  • Dan Simon
  • Poverty Fact Sheet
  • 2013
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Reducing the effects of poverty through early childhood interventions

  • Katherine Magnuson
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2013
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Good jobs: The importance of who you work for

  • David Card
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013
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Hard evidence on soft skills

  • James J. Heckman
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013
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Year Up: Providing a pathway from poverty to a professional career for urban young adults

  • Gerald Chertavian; Reaction by Carolyn Heinrich
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013
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The long-term effects of teachers

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013
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Effects of value-added policies

  • Jesse Rothstein
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013
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A Year Up

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013