2/21/08 TR Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility
Brookings Institution in Washington and sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trustsの調査によるとアメリカン・ドリームはまだ健在ではあるけれど、低所得層から中もしくは高所得層への移行はひと昔前と比べて難しくなっている傾向があるとの事だ。
“We may well have an economy that rewards certain traits that are typically passed on from parents to children, the importance of education, optimism, a propensity to work hard, entrepreneurship and so on,” Stuart Butler, vice president for economic studies at the Heritage Foundation said.