The American Dream: Chetty's Research by Malina Duran18 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl Raj Chetty's experiments on upward mobility among youth en-us 2016-11-15 16:23:54 UTC 2023-05-16 16:11:55 UTC hello@padlet.com American Dream mduran1851 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137791932 The American Dream in Chetty's eyes is the ability for children to move upward, but considers the way a child grows up and what is in their surroundings that will affect their success.]]> 2016-11-15 16:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137791932 What Affects Upward Mobility? mduran1851 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792053 Upward mobility varies by place. Areas with higher mobility have less residential segregation, less income inequality, better primary schools, greater social capital, and greater family stability. Heterogeneity, or diversity in different areas, plays a role. Surroundings have a "casual" effect on upward mobility.

]]> 2016-11-15 16:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792053 Policy Approaches mduran1851 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792324 Transportation policy - families that do not have to commute as far have a higher chance of upward mobility, therefore, public transportation improvements can result in increased upward mobility.
Education policy - money invested in schools has a correlation with economic mobility, upward mobility can be reached with improving the quality of schools.
Moving children to low-poverty areas will increase the chance of upward mobility, but has less effect on teenagers.

]]> 2016-11-15 16:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792324 Race and Upward Mobility mduran1851 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792621 Areas with a larger African American population generally have lower upward mobility, mainly caused by less investment in schools, public goods, etc. in these areas.]]> 2016-11-15 16:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792621 Surprising Data mduran1851 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792805 Chances of achieving the "American Dream" are two times higher in Canada than the United States.
Longer commutes result in a decreased chance of upward mobility.]]> 2016-11-15 16:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137792805 mduran1851 https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137979100 2016-11-16 06:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mduran1851/300d5v1s07pl/wish/137979100