“The main barriers to developing effective policies for income and social mobility is fear of honest engagement in the changes in the American family and the consequences it has wrought. … The family is the source of life and growth. Families build values, encourage (or discourage) their children in school and out. Families—far more than schools—create or inhibit life opportunities.” – James Heckman Noble Prize winning economist from the University of Chicago

See , the following bi-partisan report:

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/analysis?ID=E63AEB04-2C68-40B8-9A8D-9426D4091CF9