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.
Income Instability in the Lives of Hispanic Children
- Lisa Gennetian
- Podcasts
- December 2015
Reducing Health Disparities by Poverty Status
- Barbara Wolfe
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2015
Leveraging big data to help restore the American Dream
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
The Great Black Migration: Opportunity and competition in Northern labor markets
- Leah Platt Boustan
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
Family Complexity, Inequality, and Public Policy
- Daniel Meyer
- Podcasts
- August 2015
Income Volatility in U.S. Households with Children: Another Growing Disparity between the Rich and the Poor?
- Pamela A. Morris, Heather D. Hill, Lisa A. Gennetian, Chris Rodrigues, and Sharon Wolf
- Discussion Paper
- July 2015
The Great Black Migration and Competition in Northern Labor Markets
- Leah Boustan
- Podcasts
- July 2015
The Biosocial Links between Discrimination and African-American Health
- Bridget Goosby
- Podcasts
- June 2015
No Place to Call Home: Child and Youth Homelessness in the United States
- Neil Damron
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- May 2015
Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction
- Matthew Desmond
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2015