Research digest #4 Social Mobility - out now | The Equality Trust

[Padmini.Pa...@hsd.cccounty.us]

FYI, from The Equality Trust:

http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/node/653

This Digest deals with the relationship between high income inequality and low levels of social mobility.

Some of the key points from the Digest are:

• Social mobility is higher in societies which have smaller income gaps.
• London School of Economics researchers and the OECD have both demonstrated that social mobility in Britain is worse than in comparable rich countries.
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies commented in a comprehensive review of the academic literature: "[it is] likely to be very hard to increase social mobility without tackling inequality."

Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH
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Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs
Contra Costa Health Services
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Martinez, CA 94553
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