DNA Info, February 3, 2017: Can Chicago’s Poorest ‘Pull Themselves Up By Their Bootstraps’?
“According to Chetty’s research, Chicago kids have just a 6 percent chance of moving from the bottom fifth — with parents making $10,000 a year or less — to the top fifth, or a family income of more than $70,000 by the age of 30. According to a New York Times analysis of Chetty’s work, Chicago is among the worst big cities for upward mobility.”