> It really depends on how you define social mobility. Immigrants in the US often jump from the bottom to top income quartiles within a single generation. If y

> It really depends on how you define social mobility. Immigrants in the US often jump from the bottom to top income quartiles within a single generation. If you read the FA, you see the same is the case in Canada. In general though the US has very low mobility for a developed nation. Canada is fairly average for a developed nation.