Sentences with phrase «economic mobility in»

Krissy Clark of Marketplace visits Dayton, Ohio, which has one of the worst rates of economic mobility in the U.S., to try to understand why so few poor children in Dayton make it out of poverty and to tell the stories of some who have made it out.

As a result, the socio - economic mobility in America remains extremely low relative to other developed countries.

In addition, she advises marketers to research perceptions of economic mobility in other countries before planning international ad campaigns.

«We're honored to partner with GOOD + Foundation, WeeCycle and Denver Health's Newborns in Need program to provide parents with car seats and support their services and programs that help to address multi-generational poverty and give families access to greater economic mobility in Denver.»

While there he helped launch Opportunity Nation, a campaign designed to increase opportunity and economic mobility in America.

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«But in an economy that revolves around mobility and flexibility, a house that can't be sold becomes an economic trap,» preventing people from moving to where the jobs are.

Laredo ranks in the top third (46th place) for its quality of life — in other words, it's a family - friendly place that offers potential for economic mobility.

Trump signed the Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to expand work requirements for those who receive benefits from government assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and public housing.

The trend worries economists because new businesses play a vital role in creating jobs, improving productivity and spurring economic growth; some researchers believe the decline in entrepreneurship, and in other measures of economic dynamism such as labor mobility, could be part of the reason the U.S. has experienced such a slow bounceback from the past two recessions.

this week the Minister of Finance held his seventh National Policy Retreat with business, academic and other «experts» to discuss job creation and economic growth, particularly «issues» related to «skill shortages, labor mobility, internal trade and promoting investment in Canada.»

The Summit will focus on economic development and trade through improvements and innovations in infrastructure and supply chain management, labour mobility and workforce development, and enhanced investment.

And Americans» support for meritocratic principles has remained stable over the last two decades despite growing economic inequality, recessions, and the fact that there is less mobility in the United States than in most other industrialized countries.

Many of the block - chain businesses we've seen have the potential to create wealth for savvy tech investors, but the tokenization of Regional B2C Service Businesses can actually usher in a new era of economic mobility for working class Americans.»

It has been argued that the quest for success has become more modest in the 20th century, after the great concentrations of economic power have made the more sensational kinds of upward mobility less likely, and especially after the great depression.

Despite the shock of the Great Depression, expectations of upward mobility were renewed in post-war economic optimism.

Contemporary evidence about the economic cultures of East Asia, of successful ethnic groups in different countries, or of the mobility of immigrants to this country all seems to point in the same direction: self - denial and discipline are virtues that are the condition sine qua non of early capitalist development.

Whether it is Michael Strain on employment, James Capretta on health care coverage, Robert Stein on taxes or Scott Winship on economic mobility, Republican candidates have a series of approaches they can select from in order to address the concerns of families who are middle - class or aspire to join the middle - class.

But — and this is a huge qualifier — if that message of justification by God's undeserved love is preached apart from an unmasking of the actual power relations which have aggravated these feelings to the level of a social neurosis; if people are released from the rat race of upward mobility only privatistically, with no critique of the economic and social ideology that stimulates such desperate cravings; if people are liberated from a bad sense of themselves without any sense of mission to change the conditions that waste human beings in such a way, then justification by faith becomes a mystification of the actual power relations, and the Christian gospel is indeed the opiate of the masses.

(And to think, Paul the apostle wrote those words about a pagan Roman dictatorship persecuting Christians, while we live in the comparative comfort of a democratic republic with civil liberties, social mobility and economic opportunity!)

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And these days, unless children from poor families get a college degree, their economic mobility is severely restricted: Young people who grow up in families in the lowest income quintile (with household income below about $ 21,500) and don't obtain a B.A. now have just a one in two chance of escaping that bottom economic bracket as adults.

This may be bad news for social mobility, since children raised by married parents typically do better in life on almost every available economic and social measure.

This report highlights the importance of increasing social mobility and how the construction industry can work to promote greater equality of opportunity for all, particularly in a challenging social and economic environment.

Another is the promise of economic growth, individual opportunity, and social mobility — all encapsulated in the American dream.

Population size and age, fertility, mobility, poverty, equity, and resource availability and consumption all influence the impact on the environment» «Nigeria should focus on more influence in advocacy of family planning, the need to enhance people's knowledge on the modern family planning especially in rural areas» said Fayehun According to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs as published on 21 June, 2017, global population will reach to 9.80 billion by 2050.

Mike Konczal and Marshall Steinbaum argue that slow economic recovery and weak labour demand caused the decline in labour mobility.

In the same post, Loeb praised IDC Leader Jeff Klein and others who he said «stand for educational choice and support Charter funding that leads to economic mobility and opportunity for poor knack (sp.) kids.»

At a campaign event in Thornden Park in Syracuse, Kingson promised to focus the election on «the principles of dignity, economic security and mobility, fairness and accountability.»

«I was born and raised in upstate New York and the chance to work for a Governor I respect and to be part of his ambitious agenda to create upward economic mobility for the middle class and give voice to those who need it most matters more to me than partisan politics,» Comella said.

I offer three modest suggestions for what Labour councils should stand for in an age of hard decisions and impossible ones: social mobility, economic opportunity and health inequalities.

«The low - wage service workers we represent need a champion in Albany who will advocate for raising workers» standards, the DREAM Act and state - level immigration reforms, and ensure the labor movement remains a force for upward economic mobility.»

«I was born and raised in upstate New York and the chance to work for a governor I respect and to be part of his ambitious agenda to create upward economic mobility for the middle class and give voice to those who need it most matters more to me than partisan politics.

Some of us, in our misguided elitism, thought that Nigerian youths deserved quality, challenging jobs and opportunities that would create a pathway for upward socio - economic mobility.

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School and the University of Wisconsin found that belief in the so - called «American Dream,» or the prospect that upward economic mobility is possible, limits impulse spending among materialistic consumers.

According to the researchers, future studies could examine the effects on perceived economic mobility and conspicuous consumption, in which consumers receive self - value from the positive signals of others.

It's well known that economic growth or the desire to achieve it can drive language loss, he notes — dominant languages such as Mandarin Chinese and English are often required for upward mobility in education and business, and economic assistance often encourages recipients to speak dominant languages.

«The link between education and work is central to our expectations about economic opportunity and upward mobility in America,» said Hagan, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

«Once we consider how important schools are to American ideas about economic opportunity and upward mobility, we can better understand why school settings are revealed in our research as focal points of violent responses to increased unemployment,» said Hagan, who also is a research professor at the American Bar Foundation.

The researchers concluded that, «It is difficult to overstate the importance of competition in advancing economic growth, technological progress, wealth creation, social mobility, and greater equality.

There's a natural cycle of teacher mobility in Colorado, and it seems to be tied to the larger, national economic picture.

In an era when a high school diploma is the difference between a career and a lifetime on the dole, New York's high - school reforms have increased the economic mobility of tens of thousands of students.

On the contrary: the industrial age model of education was an unqualified success, generating more (though not equitable) access to upward economic and social mobility for more people in more parts of the globe than at any time in human history.

Our ultimate goal is meaningful change in policy and practice that produces substantially larger impacts than current best practices on the learning capacity, health, and future economic and social mobility of vulnerable young children.

More tellingly, in an era of labor mobility and global competition, our national economic well - being is threatened by the weakness of many state education systems.

The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower economic productivity, decreased social mobility, increased need for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.

Three new reports have been released with the focus on social mobility: The State of Social Mobility in the UK produced by Boston Consulting Group; Social Mobility and Economic Success produced by Oxera Consulting; and What the Polling Says, from Ipsmobility: The State of Social Mobility in the UK produced by Boston Consulting Group; Social Mobility and Economic Success produced by Oxera Consulting; and What the Polling Says, from IpsMobility in the UK produced by Boston Consulting Group; Social Mobility and Economic Success produced by Oxera Consulting; and What the Polling Says, from IpsMobility and Economic Success produced by Oxera Consulting; and What the Polling Says, from Ipsos Mori.

The private, non-profit sector may be in a position to contribute even more to the nation's educational attainment and economic mobility than it currently does.

These differences also correlate with important long - run economic outcomes as documented in a new work by Chetty and co-authors, where they find suggestive evidence that «quality of schools — as judged by outputs rather than inputs — plays a role in upward mobility.»

Table 1 reports key statistics on enrollment, low - income enrollment, low - income success (economic mobility), and percent in - state by state and sector (additional statistics, including net price, SAT / ACT scores, and admissions rates, are reported in the data appendix).

But for students attending four - year institutions, including students from low - income families, the private, non-profit sector plays an important role and may be in a position to contribute even more to the nation's educational attainment and economic mobility.