![]() We also confirm that black women, despite their solid earnings mobility, have very low family income mobility. We confirm the stark differences in upward earnings mobility for black men compared to both black women and whites. (See our longer Technical Paper here, and full Results here). In a new paper published today, we examine the same question in a different way. As they conclude, “parental marital status has little impact on intergenerational gaps” (p. calculate the intergenerational mobility rates of black and white men raised in both single parent and married families, and find little difference. In an attempt to estimate the impact of different marriage rates, Chetty et al. This is because black women continue to have substantially lower levels of household income than white women, both because they are less likely to be married and because black men earn less than white men.” (p. It is important to note, however, that this finding does not imply that the black-white gap in women’s individual incomes will vanish with time. ![]() “We conclude based on the preceding analysis that the black-white intergenerational gap in individual income is substantial for men, but quite small for women. show that black men born to low-income parents are much more likely to end up with a low individual income than black women, white women, and-especially-white men. The report is another contribution to the growing literature showing that race gaps in the intergenerational persistence of poverty are in large part the result of poor outcomes for black men. But the big finding is that race gaps in intergenerational mobility largely reflect the poor outcomes for black men. ![]() As always, there is a huge amount of data and analysis in the new paper. Black men, stuck in poverty: Chetty’s latestīut gender is a big part of the story too, as detailed in a new paper from the Equality of Opportunity Project, “ Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective” by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie Jones, and Sonya Porter. Why? Many factors are at work, including educational inequalities, neighborhood effects, workplace discrimination, parenting, access to credit, rates of incarceration, and so on. Black Americans born poor are much less likely to move up the income ladder than those in other racial groups, especially whites. ![]()
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