"Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last three decades, a study being released on Wednesday says."

Read the full article from the NY Times at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20mobility.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Get the full  report written  by Brookings Institute  scholars at:

http://economicmobility.org/reports_and_research/mobility_in_america