Keyword: upward mobility
Income Distribution (7/7/2006)
In the U. S., the top income group has been gaining relative to the rest of the population due to globalization, but the belief in upward mobility is still strong.
Keywords: capital, Gini coefficient, globalization, income distribution, labor, middle class, offshoring, outsourcing, union, upward mobility
The Truncated Job Ladder (9/5/2005)
The job ladder that has been truncated from the bottom and from the top means longer formal education to get to the bottom of the ladder and more limited promotion prospects once on the ladder.
Keywords: job ladder, labor market, Macy, offshoring, outsourcing, upward mobility, wages