https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm Made with charm en-us 2017-11-29 20:57:17 UTC 2017-11-30 03:50:52 UTC hello@padlet.com krobbins0819 https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211635292 Raj Chetty believes that the American Dream is basically that a child born to parents in the bottom fifth of the income distribution reaches the top fifth. Chetty also believes that "your chances of achieving the American Dream are almost two times higher … if you are growing up in Canada than in the United State." After reading these articles I have come to the conclusion that the American Dream changes based on where you live, mainly because of the opportunities that are available in the areas that you live in.]]> 2017-11-29 21:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211635292 krobbins0819 https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211643177 Upward mobility varies by place because of the different opportunities there is in each one. “'Where you grow up matters,' said Nathaniel Hendren, a Harvard economist and one of the study’s authors. 'There is tremendous variation across the U.S. in the extent to which kids can rise out of poverty.'” ]]> 2017-11-29 21:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211643177 krobbins0819 https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211645517 Lawmakers could tackle social mobility at a local level and not just focus of the national level. They could also focus of the children and the environments that they are growing up in, "Childhood environment matters at all ages until age 20, not just in early childhood."  ]]> 2017-11-29 21:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211645517 krobbins0819 https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211648356 It is found that areas with larger African- American populations have lower levels of upward mobility. Areas  with larger African American populations tend to have less investment in public goods, schools, etc. "When a given family moves to a county with a larger African-American population, children’s outcomes fall."]]> 2017-11-29 21:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211648356 krobbins0819 https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211698451 On the New York Times website it gave you the opportunity to type in your county and see the results. It surprised me that if a child in a poor family were to grow up in Merced County, he or she would make $770 less at the age of 26.]]> 2017-11-30 03:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/krobbins0819/x7hpxnslvfwm/wish/211698451