The State of Working America

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Chapter 2: Income-class mobility

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Figure 2A: Intergenerational income persistence, sons and daughters, 2000
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Figure 2B: Likelihood that low-income son ends up above various percentiles
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Figure 2C: Intergenerational mobility, 1950-2000
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Figure 2D: Intergenerational mobility, role of education
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Figure 2E: Income position of the entering class at top colleges and community colleges
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Figure 2F: College completion by income status and test scores
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Figure 2G: Intergenerational earnings mobility in six countries
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Figure 2H: Intergenerational mobility: Percent of sons and daughters in lowest fifth, given fathers in lowest fifth
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Figure 2I: Real median income growth, cohorts, age 30-50, 1954-2004
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Figure 2J: The share of families staying in the top fifth, 1969-98
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Table 2.1: Intergeneration wealth transmission, parents to children
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Table 2.2: Share of young adults remaining in poorest fifth by cohort and race
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Table 2.3: Family income mobility over three decades
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Table 2.4: Income mobility for white and black families: Percent moving from the bottom 25% to the top 25% and vice versa
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