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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Economic mobility is lower in the U.S. than in almost any other country in the OECD. The U.S. and the UK have relatively low levels of mobility, while Canada, Germany, and Australia have high levels of mobility. The key factor seems to be education. In the U.S. and UK, the quality and access to education a child receives correlates strongly to their parents income. More affluent neighbourhoods mean better schools. In Canada and Germany, the quality of education doesn't vary nearly as much by income.
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