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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The Stifling Stability of Deep Disadvantage

  • Vincent A. Fusaro, H. Luke Shaefer, and Jasmine Simington
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Recession and Recovery Impacts on Foreign- and U.S.-Born Latinos in the United States

  • Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Racial Disparities in Household Wealth Following the Great Recession

  • Fenaba R. Addo and William A. Darity, Jr.
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Economic Outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in the United States Following the Great Recession

  • Randall Akee
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 38(1), March 2022 – One Recession, Disparate Recoveries: Assessing Change and Stability Following the Great Recession

  • Edited by James T. Spartz
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Quentin Riser on Family Income Instability and How it Might Affect Kids’ School Readiness

  • Quentin Riser
  • Podcasts
  • 2022
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A Conversation with Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

  • Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt
  • Webinar
  • 2022
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Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt in Conversation about Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

  • Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt
  • Podcasts
  • 2022
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How Better Measurement Can Improve Transportation Equity in Underserved Communities

  • Alix Gould-Werth, Alexandra Murphy, and Aaron Steiner
  • Webinar
  • 2021
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Prisons

  • Amanda Klonsky, Michael Everett, John Eason, Danielle Wallace, and Kristin Turney
  • Webinar
  • 2021