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Pathways to Economic Mobility: Key Indicators
Educational attainment, family structure and savings are the strongest determinants of whether Americans move up, or down, the economic ladder, according to a new report authored by Stuart Butler, William Beach and Paul Winfree of The Heritage Foundation and released today by the Economic Mobility Project, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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The New York Times - A Fool's Paradise
With less than a month left until Election Day, there is still time for the presidential candidates to focus with great intensity on what should be the most important issue of this campaign. It’s not just the economy, stupid — it’s jobs.
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Next Event
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Economic Mobility Panel on March 20, 2008
On Thursday, March 20, John E. Morton, director of Pew's Economic Mobility Project, will moderate a panel discussion at a Brookings Institution event in Washington D.C. The panel will review the findings of the Project's recent release, "Getting Ahead of Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America," by Isabel Sawhill, Ron Haskins and Julia Isaacs, which includes data and analysis on mobility and families, race, gender, education and wealth.
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