Greenstone, MichaelLooney, AdamPatashnik, JeremyYu, Muxin2019-07-022019-07-022013-06-25http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90872This Hamilton Project policy memo provides thirteen economic facts on the growth of income inequality and its relationship to social mobility in America; on the growing divide in educational opportunities and outcomes for high- and low-income students; and on the pivotal role education can play in increasing the ability of low-income Americans to move up the income ladder.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationaleducational opportunitiessocial mobilitylow-income studentsReporthttp://www.hamiltonproject.org/assets/legacy/files/downloads_and_links/THP_13EconFacts_FINAL.pdf