Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream

In Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream , you will explore these factors in detail in order to understand the historical characteristics of high-mobility groups and factors that impact growth, like geography and access to opportunity. Using big data sets and data science, you will learn to compare trends across the U.S. and understand the causal effect of policies that can expand opportunities in specific neighborhoods. By the end of this course, you will have a foundational understanding of how big data can be used to measure mobility and solve social problems.

Syllabus

In Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream , you will:

Explore the history of the American Dream—where children often grew up to financially outperform their parents—and why that dream has faded.
Understand why upward mobility has geographically shifted significantly and what led to those changes.
Study the characteristics of places with high upward mobility by looking at historical data and the price of opportunity.
Compare economic mobility trends across the U.S. and other countries around the globe.