The fading American dream: Trends in absolute income mobility since 1940

Science

Volumn 356, Issue 6336, 2017, Pages 398-406

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Grusky, David ^a   Hell, Maximilian ^a   Hendren, Nathaniel ^b   Manduca, Robert ^b   Narang, Jimmy ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MOBILITY; PANEL DATA; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY INCOME; FAMILY SIZE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CHILD; DREAM; FEMALE; INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018342269     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal4617     Document Type: Article

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