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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How Well-Being Measures Can Help Communities Fight Poverty and Despair
- Anita Chandra and Carol Graham
- Webinar
- December 04 2019
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Michael Strain: The American Dream Isn’t Dead
- Michael Strain
- Podcasts
- November 2019
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Understanding the effects of the U.S. prison boom on rural communities
- John M. Eason
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2019
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Poverty, criminal justice, and social justice
- Bruce Western
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2019
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Declining Returns to Low-Wage Work in Wisconsin
- Anna Walther
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- September 2019
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Ensuring Equity in Evolving High School Career and Technical Education Policies
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2019
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Improving Federal Student Loan Policy
- Karen Dynan
- Webinar
- June 26 2019
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The brain science of poverty and its policy implications
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2019
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Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2019
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Walter Stern on Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating The Segregated City
- Walter Stern
- Podcasts
- April 2019