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Old 11-21-2012, 09:32 AM   #6
joe_mullen
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Originally Posted by gargamel View Post
Obviously students and recent graduates would be among the lowest earners, yet their incomes would increase greatly over the course of 5, 10 or 19 years to the point where they could be among the highest earners. I don't know if that's enough to account for all of the "mobility" found in this study, but I suspect that it explains a significant portion of it. The real question is what percentage of the children of the lowest income earners will also be among the lowest income earners.
agree with this. also, it would be much more relevant if this was compared to other countries as well. some sort of control would bring more perspective.
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