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Press Release: Pew Research Uses Housing Boom & Bust to Measure Housing Wealth Impact on College Enrollment and Graduation Rates
The housing boom of 2001-2005, and the bust that followed, provided a unique opportunity to study the impact of housing wealth on college decisions. Housing Wealth and Higher Education: Building a Foundation for Economic Mobility finds that low- and middle-income students whose families experienced increases in housing wealth just before reaching college age were more likely to attend college, more likely to attend higher-quality universities, and more likely to graduate.
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Boston Globe - Mitt Romney's a Self-Made Man?
The Globe's Farah Stockman analyzes the advantages experienced by children of wealthy parents. Her column uses EMP data to demonstrate how such advantages of parents’ wealth contribute to individuals’ remaining in the top of the income distribution.
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