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Mobility

  • Divided Landscapes of Economic Opportunity: The Canadian Geography of Intergenerational Mobility

    In this keynote lecture, Miles Corak discusses his research on mobility at the CRDCN Annual Conference in Montreal.

  • What Inequality Means for Our Children

    In this interview, Miles Corak speaks about his work as an economist and his new role at the Stone Center.

  • 2017 Rainwater Memorial Lecture: Professor Robert Erikson

    In this video, Swedish sociologist Robert Erikson delivered the first Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture.

  • The Atlantic: Severe Inequality Is Incompatible With the American Dream

    In this article, Alana Semuels discusses research by Miles Corak and others on inequality and mobility.

  • ‘Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil,’ or Maybe Not? Two Stories About Inequality and Public Policy

    M. Corak. Canadian Public Policy. vol. 42, no. 4. pp. 367-414. 2016.

  • Too Many Children Left Behind: The U.S. Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective

    B. Bradbury, M. Corak, J. Waldfogel, and E. Washbrook. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2015.

  • A Comparison of Upward and Downward Intergenerational Mobility in Canada, Sweden, and the United States

    M. Corak, M.J. Lindquist, and B. Mazumder. Labour Economics. vol. 30. pp.185-200. 2014.

  • NYT: The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest

    In The New York Times, David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy provide an interactive look at the middle class across countries from 1980 to 2010 using LIS data.

  • Folio: Interview with Janet Gornick

    In an interview with CUNY’s Folio, Janet Gornick discusses elements of her 2012 commencement speech and why poverty and inequality are growing more important to the current debate.

  • Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility

    M. Corak. Journal of Economic Perspectives. vol. 27, no. 3. pp. 79-102. 2013.

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