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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

Paid Sick Leave and the Employment and Employment Intensity of Older Workers

M. Slopen. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 100. 2025.

The GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse v.1.2 – Documentation

S. Morelli, T. Asher, F. Di Biase, F. Disslbacher, I. Flores, L. Giangregorio, A. Rego Johnson, M. Longmuir, G. Rella, M. Schechtl, F. Subioli, and M. Targa. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no 99. 2024.

Measuring Income Inequality of Opportunity: Accounting for Dynamic Complementarity

A. Desai. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 98. 2024.

News and Commentary

Salvatore Morelli on the Rising Importance of Inheritance and How to Curb Its Negative Effects

Salvatore Morelli, whose research was cited by The Economist in a recent article on the “return of inheritocracy,” discusses the surge in inherited wealth, what this means for wealth inequality, and potential solutions for the negative effects of the ongoing Great Wealth Transfer.

The Stone Center Announces Its Seventh Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars

A seventh cohort of postdoctoral scholars will join the Stone Center for two-year appointments that begin in August 2025: Naomi Crowther, who was selected for the position that focuses on wealth inequality; and Marai Hayes, who was selected for the position that broadly focuses on socio-economic inequalities.

Zhexun Mo on How the Chinese Public Views Inequality and Redistribution

Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Zhexun Mo discusses two recent papers he contributed to the Stone Center Working Paper Series that focus on perceptions of inequality and redistribution in China.

Inequality by the Numbers Workshop 2025

Applications are now open for our in-person research workshop on socio-economic inequality. Apply now.

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The GC Wealth Project Website

Our new website expands and consolidates access to the most up-to-date research and data on wealth and wealth inequality.

Videos from the Stone Center

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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.