Research by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Regina S. Baker of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Heather A. O’Connell of Louisiana State University analyzes the impact of structural racism on poverty among single-mother and married-parent households in the U.S. South.
A working paper by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Rafia Zafar shows that consumption expenditures can be used to accurately measure mobility in Indonesia, one of the largest lower-middle income countries in the world.
A new study by Bennett Callaghan of the Stone Center, Quinton Delgadillo, and Michael Kraus investigates how signals indicating relatively higher or lower social class are linked to helping people in need.
A new study by Stockholm University’s Arvid Lindh and the Stone Center’s Leslie McCall reveals preferences among Americans for policies that reduce pay inequality within major U.S. corporations — which in turn challenges assumptions about support for free markets.
A new study coauthored by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Jaquelyn Jahn finds that despite overall declines in arrests in the early months of the pandemic, the vast differences in policing experienced by residents of Black and white neighborhoods persisted.
A research spotlight on Chloe Thurston’s chapter in The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power looks at how the U.S. government’s delegation of social policy goals to the markets enables and reinforces racial inequalities.
Jessica Trounstine’s chapter in the recently published book The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power examines the ongoing impact of restrictive land use policies on inequality in metropolitan areas across the U.S.
New behavioral economics research by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Emiliano Huet-Vaughn and his coauthors proposes a way to make choosing the right card easier.
A working paper by Paolo Acciari, Facundo Alvaredo, and Salvatore Morelli uses a novel source to shed light on the wealth distribution from 1995 to 2016.
In this research spotlight, a study by Florencia Torche and Alejandra Abufhele examines whether the benefits of parents’ marital status for children depend on the social context.