The Effect of Income Mobility on Americans' Poverty Attributions

• In Event: Geography and public opinion

Brief Overview

We explore the determinants of Americans’ poverty attributions and focus our attention on the effects of income mobility, suggesting that the pattern of income mobility in individuals’ communities shapes perceptions about the causes of poverty.

Authors

• Moriah J. Harman, Louisiana State University

• James Garand, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

• Kwadwo Poku-Agyemang, Louisiana State University

• Thomas Holbrook, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee