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  2. Socioeconomic mobility in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2007 study "Economic Mobility Project: Across Generations", using Panel Study of Income Dynamics, found 67% of Americans who were children in 1968 had higher levels of real family income in 1995–2002 than their parents had in 1967–1971 [45] (although most of this growth in total family income can be attributed to the increasing number of ...

  3. Cycle of poverty - Wikipedia

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    The paper (1) outlines a simple framework for thinking about how family background affects children's family and income, (2) summarizes previous research on trends in intergenerational inheritance in the United States, (3) describes the data used as a basis for the research which it describes, (4) discusses trends in inequality among parents ...

  4. Social inequality - Wikipedia

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    Income inequality generally reduces government net lending/borrowing for all the countries. Economic growth, they find, leads to an increase of income inequality in the case of the UK and to the decline of inequality in the cases of the US and Canada. At the same time, economic growth improves government net lending/borrowing in all the countries.

  5. Educational inequality - Wikipedia

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    From the family resources side, 10% of White children are raised in poverty, while 37% of Latino children are and 42% of African-American children are. [14] Research indicates that when resources are equal, Black students are more likely to continue their education into college than their White counterparts.

  6. Effects of economic inequality - Wikipedia

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    Buildings in Rio de Janeiro, demonstrating economic inequality. Effects of income inequality, researchers have found, include higher rates of health and social problems, and lower rates of social goods, [1] a lower population-wide satisfaction and happiness [2] [3] and even a lower level of economic growth when human capital is neglected for high-end consumption. [4]

  7. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Economic democracy is a socioeconomic philosophy that proposes to shift decision-making power from corporations to a larger group of public stakeholders that includes workers, customers, suppliers, neighbours and the broader public. Economists Richard D. Wolff and Gar Alperovitz claim that such policies would improve equality. [239] [240] [241]

  8. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, child poverty reached record high levels, with 16.7 million children living in food insecure households, about 35% more than 2007 levels. [265] As of 2015, 44 percent of children in the United States live with low-income families. [266] In 2016, 12.7% of the U.S. population lived in poverty, down from 13.5% in 2015.

  9. Social determinants of health - Wikipedia

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    Conversely, economic instability, unemployment, and poverty are associated with higher rates of chronic diseases, mental health disorders, and overall poorer health status. According to Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), Economic stability is described as the ability to obtain the resources that is necessary to one's life and well-being. [3]