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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Reducing Adverse Birth Outcomes
- Deborah Ehrenthal
- Webinar
- February 28 2018
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Can Your Neighborhood Affect Your Health?
- Mustafa Hussein
- Podcasts
- January 2018
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Making a difference over 50 years
- Rebecca M. Blank
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
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Racial Disparities in Student Debt Burdens: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
- Jason Houle and Fenaba Addo
- Webinar
- November 29 2017
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How Does Exposure to Toxic Waste Sites Before Birth Affect Children’s Development?
- Claudia Persico
- Podcasts
- November 2017
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Childhood obesity
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2017
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Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction of Racial Wealth Inequality
- Jason Houle
- Podcasts
- September 2017
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Intergenerational transmission of income inequality: What do we know?
- Gary Solon
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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The role of parenting in the intergenerational transmission of poverty
- Ariel Kalil
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
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Does increased income reduce child maltreatment?
- Lawrence M. Berger
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017