2015年5月14日 星期四

美國非裔的社會流動性

Quintile  In statistics, a quantile for the case where the sample or population is divided into fifths

社會流動性,以收入的5分法來衡量 (出生到40歲)

If black America were a country, it would have a worse life expectancy than Mexico, a worse homicide rate than Ivory Coast and a higher proportion of its citizens behind bars than anywhere on earth. In terms of social mobility, it would be far harder to rise through the wealth ranks than in white America, however wealthy the starting pointhttp://econ.st/1zVBsgF

YOUNG black men out in the streets at night, lines of police officers dressed for a riot, cars ablaze, stores looted, the morning-after platitudes about coming...
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