Creating the American Opportunity Study: A New Tool to Study Trends in Social Mobility
Creating the American Opportunity Study: A New Tool to Study Trends in Social Mobility
Abstract
Discusses the American Opportunity Study, its background, goals, envisioned data infrastructure, and project progress. This paper was presented at the Population Association of America 2016 Annual Meeting.
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