Recent Press Release
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The Economic Mobility Project Releases Comprehensive Examination of the Status of the American Dream, Including Data and Analysis on Education, Wealth, International Comparisons and Trends over Time
A major new look at the trends and issues impacting economic opportunity for Americans was released today by the Economic Mobility Project, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. “Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America,” is authored by three Brookings Institution scholars, Julia B. Isaacs, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins and includes new chapters on education, wealth, international comparisons and trends over time. These, combined with previously released chapters on gender, race, immigration and families, comprise the entire volume.
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Recent In The News
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New York Times - Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility
Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last three decades, a study being released on Wednesday says. The authors of the study, by scholars at the Brookings Institution in Washington and sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, warned that widening gaps in higher education between rich and poor, whites and minorities, could soon lead to a downturn in opportunities for the poorest families.
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Next Event
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Economic Mobility Panel on March 20, 2008
On Thursday, March 20, John E. Morton, director of Pew's Economic Mobility Project, will moderate a panel discussion at a Brookings Institution event in Washington D.C. The panel will review the findings of the Project's recent release, "Getting Ahead of Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America," by Isabel Sawhill, Ron Haskins and Julia Isaacs, which includes data and analysis on mobility and families, race, gender, education and wealth.
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