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The Economic Expansion Is Finally Helping the Midd...
Looking at the income of individual segments doesn't tell you anything about mobility.
Income could remain static, but people could move from higher to lower segments and vice versa.
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on Sept 15, 2016
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The normal way to compare mobility is to look at someones income percentile at age X vs parents income percentile at age X. After all most people's income is ~zero as a young teen.
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Income could remain static, but people could move from higher to lower segments and vice versa.