Raj Chetty

Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility

National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper

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  • Raj Chetty Will Dobbie Benjamin Goldman Sonya R. Porter Crystal S. Yang
    Raj Chetty, Will Dobbie, Benjamin Goldman, Sonya R. Porter, Crystal S. Yang
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Growing up in a thriving community dramatically improves children’s outcomes through social interactions. New data show how community-level changes reduced Black-white gaps in economic mobility but amplified gaps by parental income.

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