Recent events have brought attention to the millions of Americans who struggle to find and
pay for housing. Housing has historically been of interest to sociologists, but it has long been …

This chapter reviews the literature on intergenerational mobility. While our review is
centered around the large empirical literature on this topic, we also give a brief discussion of …

Social capital—the strength of an individual's social network and community—has been
identified as a potential determinant of outcomes ranging from education to health …

How does one's place of residence affect individual behavior and long-run outcomes?
Understanding neighborhood and place effects has been a leading question for social …

We construct a publicly available atlas of children's outcomes in adulthood by Census tract
using anonymized longitudinal data covering nearly the entire US population. For each tract …

Leadership positions in the US are disproportionately held by graduates of a few highly
selective private colleges. Could such colleges—which currently have many more students …

This paper shows that racial composition shocks during the Great Migration (1940–1970)
reduced the gains from growing up in the northern United States for Black families and can …

We study the impact of rising mortgage rates on mobility and labor reallocation. Using
individual‐level credit record data and variation in the timing of mortgage origination, we …

The fourth edition of Housing Policy in the United States refreshes its classic, foundational
coverage of the field with new data, analysis, and comparative focus. This landmark volume …

We study how Americans respond to idiosyncratic and exogenous changes in household
wealth and unearned income. Our analyses combine administrative data on US lottery …