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A 360° View on Inequality

We are focused on building and sharing knowledge about the
causes, nature, and consequences of socio-economic inequality.

Income & Wealth

Research and commentary on earnings, poverty, indebtedness, mobility, and more.

Culture & Society

Research and commentary on class, gender, race, political opinion, and more.

Policy & Institutions

Research and commentary on labor markets, taxes, transfers, social policies, and more.

The Stone Center is proud to house the US Office of LIS, the renowned cross-national data center based in Luxembourg. LIS serves an international community of researchers, educators, and policy-makers interested in quantitative research. The LIS archive includes two primary databases, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database, which focuses on income, and the smaller Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Database, which focuses on wealth.

Find out more about how the Stone Center works with the LIS team in Luxembourg.

Latest Research

The Subjective Wealth Distribution: How it Arises and Why it Matters to Inform Policy?

P. Fessler and S. Rapp. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 92. 2024.

Evidence from the Dead: New Estimates of Wealth Inequality Using the Distribution of Estates

F. Alvaredo, Y. Berman, and S. Morelli. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 91. 2024.

Leaving Legacies and Liabilities: The Distribution of Wealth at Death

F. Disslbacher and S. Rapp. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 90. 2024.

News and Commentary

How Individuals Misperceive Their Relative Wealth, and the Implications for Policy

A new working paper by Pirmin Fessler of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) and Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Severin Rapp analyzes the connection between individuals’ biased perceptions of their rank on the wealth distribution, and their savings behavior.

Richer and More Equal? A Conversation between Salvatore Morelli and Daniel Waldenström

Salvatore Morelli, the director of the GC Wealth Project and a Stone Center Senior Scholar, and Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Daniel Waldenström discuss Waldenström's new book, Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West.

Can Trump Reduce the Trade Deficit?: Paul Krugman

In this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Paul Krugman discusses how tariffs might affect international capital flows and the U.S. economy.

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Curated Library on Racial Inequality

A resource page containing relevant academic research from scholars associated with the center.

Stone Center Working Paper Series

We are pleased to present papers from our scholars examining a diverse set of issues on inequality.