Miles Corak
@milescorak.com
Professor of economics
The Graduate Center,
City University of New York
Senior Scholar
The Stone Center on
Socio-Economic Inequality
#socialmobility #childrights #inequality #jobs #poverty #socialpolicy #cdnecon #EconSky
https://milescorak.com/
I often wonder what type of #inequality #PopeFrancis had in mind when he posted this on Twitter in 2014.
#EconSky
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February 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I often wonder what type of #inequality #PopeFrancis had in mind when he posted this on Twitter in 2014.
#EconSky
#EconSky
The premier of the Canadian province of Ontario #DougFord called a snap election today, and I received a cheque from him for $200.
A cheap but expensive political gimmick claiming to “help manage the costs of the federal carbon tax”
But federal carbon pricing comes with targeted rebates!
#OnPoli
A cheap but expensive political gimmick claiming to “help manage the costs of the federal carbon tax”
But federal carbon pricing comes with targeted rebates!
#OnPoli
January 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Among the many insights in this conversation, these two paragraphs from David Brooks resonate most deeply with my research.
January 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Among the many insights in this conversation, these two paragraphs from David Brooks resonate most deeply with my research.
And when this goes together with economic growth that has been polarizing--leaving as many #children to fall not just relative to their peers but also in absolute terms compared to their parents--it surely is a recipe for growing insecurity and resentment of those at the top.
December 9, 2024 at 8:19 PM
And when this goes together with economic growth that has been polarizing--leaving as many #children to fall not just relative to their peers but also in absolute terms compared to their parents--it surely is a recipe for growing insecurity and resentment of those at the top.
Is this a problem?
Not if the rungs on the ladder are close together, but over the last generation that has not been the case, with higher and higher #inequality heightening the consequences of falling down or climbing the ladder.
Not if the rungs on the ladder are close together, but over the last generation that has not been the case, with higher and higher #inequality heightening the consequences of falling down or climbing the ladder.
December 9, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Is this a problem?
Not if the rungs on the ladder are close together, but over the last generation that has not been the case, with higher and higher #inequality heightening the consequences of falling down or climbing the ladder.
Not if the rungs on the ladder are close together, but over the last generation that has not been the case, with higher and higher #inequality heightening the consequences of falling down or climbing the ladder.
#socialmobility varies across the income distribution, more stickiness at the top and bottom, high fluidity across generations in the middle
Children of middle income families are as likely to fall as they are to rise on the income ladder, meaning family background does not give them any advantage.
Children of middle income families are as likely to fall as they are to rise on the income ladder, meaning family background does not give them any advantage.
December 9, 2024 at 8:19 PM
#socialmobility varies across the income distribution, more stickiness at the top and bottom, high fluidity across generations in the middle
Children of middle income families are as likely to fall as they are to rise on the income ladder, meaning family background does not give them any advantage.
Children of middle income families are as likely to fall as they are to rise on the income ladder, meaning family background does not give them any advantage.