https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq American Dream Research en-us 2018-12-03 05:38:59 UTC 2018-12-03 06:20:32 UTC hello@padlet.com kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310281043 To Raj Chetty,  the American Dream is the probability that a child born to parents in the bottom fifth of the income distribution reaches the top fifth. ]]> 2018-12-03 05:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310281043 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310281840 2018-12-03 05:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310281840 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310282981 There are two different explanations for this:

1. Heterogeneity: different people live in different places

2. Neighborhood effects: places have a casual effect on upward mobility for a given person ]]> 2018-12-03 06:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310282981 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283180 2018-12-03 06:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283180 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283393 Areas with larger African-American populations have significantly lower levels of upward mobility]]> 2018-12-03 06:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283393 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283636 Movers evidence shows that this is not only because of differences in mobility across racial groups ]]> 2018-12-03 06:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283636 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283863 Areas with larger African-American populations tend to have less investment in public goods, schools, etc.]]> 2018-12-03 06:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310283863 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284063 Place effects amplify racial inequality]]> 2018-12-03 06:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284063 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284265 2018-12-03 06:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284265 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284362 1. Tackle social mobility at a local level, not just a national level

2. Improve childhood environment

3. Harness big data to evaluate other policies scientifically and measure local progress and performance]]> 2018-12-03 06:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284362 kaitlin200166 https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284817 I found it extremely strange that one county in Illinois was number one in earnings for children with low come, yet another county in Illinois had one of the lowest]]> 2018-12-03 06:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlin200166/bg6bji5odhyq/wish/310284817