The State of Working America

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Chapter 2 – Income-class mobility: How much is there?

Table 2.1: Income mobility between quintiles, 1984-94 and 1994-2004 (two-year income averages)
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Figure 2A: Real median income growth by cohort, age 30-50, 1947-2006
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Figure 2B: Intergenerational income persistence, sons and daughters, 2000
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Figure 2C: Likelihood that low-income son ends up above various percentiles
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Figure 2D: Intergenerational mobility, 1950-2000
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Figure 2E: Income mobility, children by race
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Figure 2F: Percent of children in bottom fifth as adults, based on parents’ income
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Figure 2G: Mobility in the United States vs. European Union
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Figure 2H: Intergenerational correlations, fathers and sons, U.S., U.K., Europe, and Scandinavia
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Figure 2I: Mobility for sons of low-income fathers
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Figure 2J: Mobility for daughters of low-income fathers
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Table 2.2: Intergenerational wealth, parents to children
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Figure 2K: Education correlations: parents and children
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Figure 2L: Intergenerational mobility: role of education
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Figure 2M: Income position of the entering class at top colleges and community colleges
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Figure 2N: College completion by income status and test scores
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Figure 2O: Intergenerational mobility, by college education
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Figure 2P: Cumulative growth in family income volatility since 1973
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Figure 2Q: Prevalence of a 50% or greater drop in family income
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