New Research Confirms Importance of Social Capital and Two-Parent Families for Upward Mobility
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Key Points
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New research from Opportunity Insights shows the importance of social capital for economic mobility. Specifically, “economic connectedness” is strongly associated with upward income mobility for people with lower income.
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The Joint Economic Committee’s Social Capital Index shows a similar link between social capital and economic mobility.
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Both the Opportunity Insights study and the Social Capital Index find a strong link between family stability and economic mobility.