Inequality describes the extent to which resources or outcomes (e.g., income, wealth, consumption, health, education) are similarly or unevenly distributed among individuals, groups, populations, or societies. Mobility refers to the frequency with which individuals, groups, or populations within a society change social or economic position in areas such as income, wealth, education, occupation, and the like.
Michael Strain: The American Dream Isn’t Dead
- Michael Strain
- Podcasts
- November 2019
Understanding the effects of the U.S. prison boom on rural communities
- John M. Eason
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2019
Poverty, criminal justice, and social justice
- Bruce Western
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2019
Declining Returns to Low-Wage Work in Wisconsin
- Anna Walther
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- September 2019
Ensuring Equity in Evolving High School Career and Technical Education Policies
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2019
Improving Federal Student Loan Policy
- Karen Dynan
- Webinar
- June 26 2019
The brain science of poverty and its policy implications
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2019
Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2019
Walter Stern on Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating The Segregated City
- Walter Stern
- Podcasts
- April 2019
A history of residential segregation in the United States
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- March 2019