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Title: Intergenerational Mobility, Inequality and Government Investment in the United States

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Given the widely-accepted finding that countries with greater income inequality also experience less income mobility across generations (Corak, 2013; Krueger, 2012), it is expected that American mobility has decreased with rising income inequality in recent decades (Aaronson & Mazumder, 2008; Corak, 2013; Mazumder, 2012). However, mobility has remained unchanged (Chetty, Hendren, Kline, Saez, & Turner, 2014), and is unresponsive to changes in income inequality (Bloome, 2015). These findings raise questions as to why intergenerational income mobility in the U.S. has not fallen during the periods when income inequality has sharply risen. To address these questions, the dissertation focuses on two aims. The first aim is to examine the association between intergenerational income mobility and income inequality in the United States. The second aim is to examine intergenerational income mobility with respect to income inequality and government spending. . .

Url: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D84178H9

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Authors: Nam, Jaehyun

Institution: Columbia University

Department: Social Work

Advisor: Waldfogel, Jane

Degree: Ph.D.

Publisher Location: New York City, New York

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