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What genetic information can tell us about economic inequality
Income and wealth inequality in the U.S. is a stark reality. Research from a variety of fields demonstrates that children born into poor families tend to end up less educated, less healthy, more prone to contact with the police, and less likely to accumulate wealth over a lifetime. In contrast, children born into well-off families tend to exhibit better outcomes on all of these dimensions.How should social scientists and policymakers understand and address intergenerational mobility in the U.S.? This question is difficult to answer—and highly politicized. To start with, there are several possible mechanisms driving ... (full story)