Attention Economy


Monday, August 1, 2022

Social Capital and Economic Mobility


The latest from Raj Chetty and his team:
Social Capital I: Measurement and Associations with Economic Mobility
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04996-4
Social Capital II: Determinants of Economic Connectedness
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04997-3
Media coverage:
Vast New Study Shows a Key to Reducing Poverty: More Friendships Between Rich and Poor
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/01/upshot/rich-poor-friendships.html
‘Friending Bias’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/briefing/economic-ladder-rich-poor-americans.html