New CAP research, co-authored with economists Richard Freeman and Eunice Han, indicates that policies that make it easier for workers to form unions and bargain collectively should be at the heart of ...

Wealth inequality looks at the distribution of assets, such as property, stocks and saving. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by a ...

Amid growing recognition in South Korea that the intergenerational class mobility symbolized by the saying “dragons rise from straw” has weakened, the Bank of Korea has released research findings ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook File Photo/DAILY. Buy this photo. Her studies looked across singular measures of socioeconomic ...

Researchers studying economic inequality and social mobility have established a strong link between economic outcomes for parents and children. But traditional measures may still understate the role ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The COVID-19 crisis has a severe impact on education and employment and exposed the many social inequities that make some ...

Intergenerational relative mobility—the extent to which a person’s life chances are determined by that of her parents—is stagnant or even getting worse. In this talk on October 26, 2021, World Bank ...

An ad hoc committee will analyze the evidence on key determinants of entrenched poverty and the effectiveness of programs designed to address those determinants to identify policies and programs with ...

Information on social mobility in African countries was once relatively scarce, but a new data set paints a continent-wide picture Ever since the Transatlantic slave trade ramped up in the 17th ...