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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Can Raj Chetty save the American dream?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Predictive Factors of High Opportunity

A lot of things that might appear to be non-policy factors are indirectly shaped through policies. Places with more stable family structures, lower divorce rates, higher marriage rates tend to have higher levels of upward mobility. A third factor related to that is the idea of social capital - will someone else help you out? Even if you're not doing well, Salt Lake City has very high rates of upward mobility because it's a Mormon city.

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