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by nyrikki 533 days ago
That is the popular myth.

https://www.lisc.org/our-resources/resource/opportunity-atla...

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022_FM...

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Paging through the Brookings document, it tracks pretty closely with what I have seen before. I dont see anything that contradicts what I have said (mobility is higher in the US than elsewhere).

1) Do you have a comparison with European countries that makes you think the US is worse?

2) What do you think US mobility numbers should look like? Pure randomness is not desirable either.