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Reflections on social capital, integration, and upward mobility
Introduction
This past August, economist Raj Chetty and colleagues published two new papers in Nature, based on a massive dataset and accompanied by detailed maps on Opportunity Insights’ new Social Capital Atlas, that continue to build the economic case for integration – bringing children together within communities, schools, and institutions, and across class differences. Using Facebook data linked to IRS and other datasets, the study made an empirical comparison of three classic forms of social capital and found that “connectedness between different types of people, such as those with low vs. high socioeconomic status” was the strongest predictor of upward economic mobility for low income children – and that these positive impacts were further enhanced by the degree to which children were living and going to school in places where “friending bias” (the tendency to be connected to people in your own SES group) was lowest. Policymakers and advocates were already indebted to Professor Chetty and his co-authors for their 2015 finding that children who move from high poverty to low poverty neighborhoods when they are young have dramatically improved outcomes as adults, and this new research has brought us closer to understanding the mechanisms that drive these outcomes. As the following essays illustrate, Chetty’s findings have crucial lessons for federal housing programs, land use, housing mobility, and school integration.
October-December 2022 Issue Articles
The Chetty Team’s Social Capital Findings: A Timely Boost for Mixed-Income Development
Examining Economic Connectedness Through the Lens of Intergroup Contact Theory and Research
How Social Capital Research Can Help Redress Segregation
Post-Move Supports Can Increase the Likelihood of Long-Term Benefits from Housing Mobility Programs
Accountability Systems and the Persistence of School Segregation
January-September 2022 Issue Articles
October-December 2021 Issue Articles: I. Policy Windows and Policy Strategies
Connecting Housing and School Integration Research, Practice, and Policy
The Bridges Collaborative: Centering Practitioners in the Fight for Integration
School Desegregation, School Rezoning, and Growth Management in Two Maryland Counties
Sharing the Wealth: How Regional Finance and Desegregation Plans Can Enhance School Desegregation and Promote Educational Equity
Tackling School and Housing Segregation Through Revisions to AFFH
New Urban Institute Report and Data Tool Highlight Racially Unequal School Boundaries Across the US
Connecting Housing and School Integration – Federal and State Policy Levers
October-December 2021 Issue Articles: II. Evaluating the Past and Moving Forward with a Focus on Equity and Racial Justice
Using Research Evidence to Address Segregation: A Racial Equity Perspective
Policy Change Using a Regional Equity Framework
Ratings, Rankings, and Segregation: The Failure of Measurement and Accountability in Education
Confronting “White Island” School Districts
An Alternative Measure of Student Performance to Help Parents Evaluate Schools
The Policy Possibilities to Confront the Racial Impacts of Gentrification
October-December 2021 Issue Articles: III. How the Next Generation is Tackling the Impact of Segregation in their Community
Link to full May-September 2021 issue
May-September 2021 Issue Articles
January-April 2021 Issue Articles
Land Values and the Enduring Significance of Racial Residential Segregation
The Making of Boston’s AFFH Ordinance – A Brief Oral History
The American Right to Education: The Northwest Ordinance, Reconstruction, and the Current Challenge
Gentrification, Demographic Change, and the Challenges of Integration
