Thursday, 12 May 2016

What genetic information can tell us about economic inequality (Nicholas Papageorge, Kevin Thom, Brookings)

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon A researcher uses a pipette to develop assay to detect specific gene of corn at a lab in Syngenta Biotech Center in Beijing, China, February 19, 2016.

Income and wealth inequality in the U.S. is a stark reality. Research from a variety of fields demonstrates that children born into poor families tend to end up less educated, less healthy, more prone to contact with the police, and less likely to accumulate wealth over a lifetime. In contrast, children born into well-off families tend to exhibit better outcomes on all of these dimensions.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brown-center-chalkboard/posts/2016/05/11-genes-education-economic-inequality-papageorge-thom

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