How Overconfidence Among the Upper Classes Is Hampering Social Mobility
New research finds that high self-regard can come across as competence to potential employers.
Social Mobility
The Power of Peers in Anti-Poverty Programs
Some new anti-poverty programs are encouraging participants to form connections with others who are going through similar life challenges, offering success through companionship.
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Two Generations at a Time
New anti-poverty programs, focused on helping children and parents both, are succeeding where others have failed.
The Stalled Engine of Social Mobility
The second generation has historically done better than their parents, who often arrived in America with little. But if their prospects are limited by an unequal economy, those gains are in danger of stagnating or even reversing.
Why Inequality in San Francisco Is a Difficult Thing to Measure
Yes, San Francisco has greater inequality than Detroit. But it also boasts higher employment and social mobility.