Additional author: VK Vu
Executive Summary
This research on economic connectedness aims to explore the role of high schools in promoting cross-socioeconomic class friendships and therefore economic mobility. Interventions in high schools possess enormous potential to increase economic mobility. This work examines patterns among high schools with integrated socio-economic social networks and identifies key programs and activities that can encourage cross-class friendships.
Citations
Vu, VK, and Nina Harstad. 2023. Economic Connectedness: How U.S. High Schools Can Enable Economic Mobility. M-RCBG Associate Working Paper No. 207. Cambridge, MA: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard Kennedy School. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/207_AWP_final.pdf.