Building on our previous research on the Earned Income Tax Credit, we 
set out to study the impact of tax expenditures on intergenerational 
mobility. We find substantial variation in the economic outcomes of 
children from low income families across areas of the United States. 
Some areas have rates of upward mobility comparable to the most 
mobile countries in the world while others have lower rates of 
mobility than any developed country for which data are currently 
available. These geographical differences are modestly correlated 
with variation in tax expenditure policies across areas. But much 
variation in children's success across areas remains to be explained, 
potentially by factors such as income segregation, school quality, or 
social capital.


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