{
  "id": 3695129,
  "title": "Important results on economic mobility",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/important-results-on-economic-mobility",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-27T07:17:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/important-results-on-economic-mobility.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "We use more than 900 million linked employer–employee records covering the entire formal workforce of Brazil to examine when cities provide upward mobility for the initially poor. We find that upward mobility for low-wage workers is strongest in workplaces that combine low-wage individuals with high-wage workers. This association is particularly pronounced in Brazil’s southern cities, […] The…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}