Thursday, September 20, 2012

Study: Higher Unionization Rates Increase Economic Mobility

Study: Higher Unionization Rates Increase Economic Mobility: In the U.S., economic mobility — the ability of a person to move to a higher income bracket than her parents — lags behind other industrialized nations. According to one study, “65 percent of Americans born in the bottom fifth stay in the bottom two-fifths as adults, while 62 percent of those born in the [...]/p