PBS NewsHour

Why the place you grow up can limit earning power for life

Clip: 05/04/2015 | 7m 29s

Poor children in Baltimore face worse economic odds than low-income kids elsewhere. That’s according to a new analysis by Harvard’s Equality of Opportunity Project, which found that where a child is born has a huge effect on their future financial success. Gwen Ifill learns more from Nathaniel Hendren of Harvard University.

Aired: 05/04/15

Rating: NR

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