American Dream - Social Mobility  

Welcome to CSM Library's "American Dream" research guide. You will find here links to all types of resources - reports, statistical data, books, articles, opinions - about social and economic mobility in the United States and its relation to education, income and housing.

This report, from GeorgeTown University and Center on Education and the Workforce, examines lifetime earnings for all education levels and earnings by occupation, age, race/ethnicity and gender. The data are clear: a college degree is key to economic opportunity, conferring substantially higher earnings on those with credentials than those without.