Study finds social mobility high in Bay Area
According to a study involving Berkeley researchers, children born in the bottom fifth in the Bay Area has a 11.2% chance of making it to the top fifth. The percentage is one of the highest in the country.
A new study conducted by UC Berkeley and Harvard researchers found that the chances of low-income children rising to higher income brackets as adults varies significantly across different metropolitan areas within the U.S., with the San Francisco Bay Area among the most upwardly mobile regions. Read More…