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Source: Pew Charitable Trust
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Magnuson, Katherine A.
Waldfogel, Jane
Long-Run Economic Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Adult Earnings
Issue Paper #12, Partnership for America's Economic Success (PAES), Pew Charitable Trust, Washington, DC, February 2009.
Also: http://www.partnershipforsuccess.org/uploads/20090504_LongRunAdultEarningsReport.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Pew Charitable Trust
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Children, Home Environment; Earnings; Economic Well-Being; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Labor Market Outcomes; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading)

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Researchers and policymakers alike want to better understand the long-run effects of investments in children's well-being. Yet, only a few studies have examined how participants in early childhood interventions fare as adults. These studies suggest that early investments may have sizable payoffs for children's later success. In the absence of long-run data on children's outcomes, how can we determine the long-run monetary value of improvements in young children's well-being?

In this report we describe a way to link improvements in aspects of children's early health, achievement, and behavior to improved labor market outcomes when they become adults. We apply the same method to link improvements in the parenting children receive with their success in the labor market as adults. Our results suggest that investments in early childhood that improve these aspects of development will likely have important payoffs. However, the magnitude of these payoffs is strongly dependent on the extent to which early program effects are maintained over time.

We draw both substantive and methodological conclusions from this research. Both are important to understanding and quantifying the potential of early interventions to improve later outcomes. Our key substantive finding is that early improvements in child health, academic achievement, and behavior as well as improved parenting can yield sizable economic benefits for adult earnings. Our key methodological contribution is the application of a two-step method for linking improvements in early outcomes to long-run economic gains.

Bibliography Citation
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Katherine A. Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel. "Long-Run Economic Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Adult Earnings." Issue Paper #12, Partnership for America's Economic Success (PAES), Pew Charitable Trust, Washington, DC, February 2009.
2. Mazumder, Bhashkar
Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States
Economic Mobility Project, the Pew Charitable Trust, May 2008.
Also: http://www.economicmobility.org/reports_and_research/other?id=0004
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Pew Charitable Trust
Keyword(s): Disadvantaged, Economically; Income Distribution; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility, Economic; Racial Differences; Wage Gap

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In an era of rising income inequality, understanding the extent of economic mobility from one generation to the next in America has never been more important. Only if there is considerable opportunity for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to move beyond their parents' place in the income distribution, may economic inequality be viewed as tolerable. This report introduces two new and flexible measures to examine upward relative mobility--the extent to which children can rise above their parents' position when compared to their peers. The report also explores various factors that might account for racial differences in upward economic mobility rates.
Bibliography Citation
Mazumder, Bhashkar. "Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States." Economic Mobility Project, the Pew Charitable Trust, May 2008.
3. Pew Charitable Trust
Collateral Costs: Incarceration’s Effect on Economic Mobility
Pew Center on the States, Economic Mobility Project Report. Washington, DC: The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2010.
Also: http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/EMP_Incarceration.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Pew Charitable Trust
Keyword(s): Economic Well-Being; Economics of Discrimination; Economics of Minorities; Economics, Demographic; Educational Attainment; Incarceration/Jail; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility, Economic; Racial Differences; Social Environment

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Policy Report.
This report is based on research by Bruce Western and Becky Pettit. The report is jointly authored by the Economic Mobility Project and the Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Charitable Trusts. With this report, our inquiry focuses on the intersection of incarceration and mobility, fields that might at first seem unrelated. We ask two questions: To what extent does incarceration create lasting barriers to economic progress for formerly incarcerated people, their families and their children? What do these barriers mean for the American Dream, given the explosive growth of the prison population?

The findings in this report should give policy makers reason to reflect. The price of prisons in state and federal budgets represents just a fraction of the overall cost of incarcerating such a large segment of our society. The collateral consequences are tremendous and far-reaching, and as this report illuminates with fresh data and analysis, they include substantial and lifelong damage to the ability of former inmates, their families and their children to earn a living wage, move up the income ladder and pursue the American Dream.

Bibliography Citation
Pew Charitable Trust. "Collateral Costs: Incarceration’s Effect on Economic Mobility." Pew Center on the States, Economic Mobility Project Report. Washington, DC: The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2010.
4. Sharkey, Patrick
Graham, Bryan
Mobility and the Metropolis: How Communities Factor into Economic Mobility
Report, Economic Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC., 2013.
Also: http://www.pewstates.org/uploadedFiles/PCS_Assets/2013/Mobility-and-the-Metropolis.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Pew Charitable Trust
Keyword(s): Family Income; Geocoded Data; Geographical Variation; Income; Mobility, Economic; Neighborhood Effects; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID); State-Level Data/Policy; Urbanization/Urban Living

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To measure differences in economic mobility across American metro areas over the last generation, this research uses three nationally representative, longitudinal data sets: the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Each data set follows and collects information on a sample of individuals over time, allowing for measurement of family income during an individual’s childhood and again in adulthood. Across the data sets, which collectively include individuals residing in 96 metro areas, the same pattern emerged: Levels of economic mobility varied substantially among the places studied.
Bibliography Citation
Sharkey, Patrick and Bryan Graham. "Mobility and the Metropolis: How Communities Factor into Economic Mobility." Report, Economic Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC., 2013.