Scholars at the Brookings Institute concluded, on Wednesday, that economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has been almost stagnant for the past three decades. "A growing difference in education level between income and racial groups, especially in college degrees, implies that mobility will be lower in the future than it is today," stated Ron Haskins, a former Republican official and welfare expert who authored the education section of the report.
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