Precarious education perpetuates inequality

The Atlas of Social Mobility, prepared by the Institute for Mobility and Social Development, associated with Prospera Lab, shows that the advance of schooling in Brazil has not been enough to break the cycle of inequality. Among the 25% who were born into the poorest families, 48% remain in the same income range when they reach adulthood. Of the other 52%, 74% remain in the bottom half of the distribution, only 8.3% reach the richest 25%, and only 1.3% reach the top 10%.