Intergenerational economic mobility varies by region and other things

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<p>According to the [url=<a href=“http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/files/Geography%20Executive%20Summary%20and%20Memo%20January%202014.pdf]summary[/url”>http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/files/Geography%20Executive%20Summary%20and%20Memo%20January%202014.pdf]summary[/url</a>], the following are associated with lower intergenerational economic mobility:</p>

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<li>Racial segregation (which is associated with lower mobility for white as well as black people).</li>
<li>Higher Gini (income inequality; more specifically “factors that erode the middle class hamper intergenerational mobility more than the factors that lead to income growth in the upper tail”).</li>
<li>Worse K-12 schools.</li>
<li>Lower social capital (such as participation in civic and religious organizations).</li>
<li>More single parents (which is associated with lower mobility for children in two parent households as well as those in the single parent households).</li>
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<p>The big news from that ^ study is that, contrary to popular belief, income mobility has not changed (for the worse) in the past three decades.</p>