The puzzling decline of polarization of opportunity in the US
Brunori, P.
, Jordá, V. & Salas Rojo, P.
(1 July 2025)
The puzzling decline of polarization of opportunity in the US.
LSE Inequalities.
, Jordá, V. & Salas Rojo, P.
(1 July 2025)
The puzzling decline of polarization of opportunity in the US.
LSE Inequalities.
A society where opportunities are highly polarized is one where individuals are clustered around some factor outside of their choosing – like race or place of birth – with each cluster having wildly different life prospects. Paolo Brunori, Vanesa Jordá and Pedro Salas-Rojo introduce the concept and chart the surprising decline of polarization of opportunity in the US in recent decades.