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标题：Mobility in the United States in comparative perspective
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作者：Markus Jäntti
期刊名称：Focus
印刷版ISSN：0195-5705
出版年度：2009
卷号：26
期号：2
出版社：Institute for Research on Poverty
摘要：The United States has a much more unequal distribution of income than most developed nations. 1 Even though it has one of the highest standards of living on average, as measured by its gross domestic product per capita, the more unequal income distribution translates into comparatively high rates of both relative poverty (50 percent of median disposable income) and absolute poverty (the offcial U.S. poverty thresholds). 2 Some analysts suggest that high inequality and poverty in any year are of little public policy concern, if there are also high rates of mobility.