Income & Wealth

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

Poverty

Child Poverty in America: Investing in Our Future

Kitses, Jennifer2024-01-18T14:41:35-04:00Videos|

Are Single Mothers to Blame for Racial Inequality in Poverty? A Study Looks at the Impact of Structural Racism

Kitses, Jennifer2023-10-24T09:19:53-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Research Spotlights|

Poverty and Poverty Reduction Among Non-Elderly, Nondisabled, Childless Adults in Affluent Countries: The United States in Cross-National Perspective

Fisher, Carolyn2024-04-22T14:06:00-04:00

Changing Household Structures, Household Employment, and Poverty Trends in Rich Countries

Kitses, Jennifer2023-12-14T11:11:42-04:00

Earnings/Wages/Pay

Looking at the Workplace as a Site to Reduce Inequality

Kitses, Jennifer2024-02-13T13:19:19-04:00Center News, Homepage, News and Commentary|

Guido Alfani’s ‘As Gods Among Men’ Offers a Surprising History of the Rich in the West

Kitses, Jennifer2023-12-07T12:47:24-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Scholar Interviews|

Incentives to Comply with the Minimum Wage in the US and UK

Fisher, Carolyn2024-03-26T12:35:39-04:00

Immigration and Regional Specialization in AI

Kitses, Jennifer2023-10-30T10:14:01-04:00

Wealth/Assets

The Stone Center Announces Its Sixth Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars

Fisher, Carolyn2024-04-02T09:29:25-04:00Center News, Homepage, News and Commentary|

Max Longmuir on His Path Toward Inequality Studies and His Research on Wealth

Kitses, Jennifer2023-12-12T10:42:08-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Scholar Interviews|

The Concentration of Personal Wealth in Italy 1995–2016

Kitses, Jennifer2024-01-29T14:26:00-04:00

Wealth, Inheritance, and Concentration: An ‘Old’ New Perspective on Italy and its Regions

Fisher, Carolyn2023-11-28T11:11:58-04:00

Debt/Borrowing

How Does Wealth Matter for Social Policy? A Special Issue of the Journal of European Social Policy Seeks to Answer That Question

Kitses, Jennifer2022-01-24T16:43:33-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Scholars' Blog Posts|

Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen in Discussion with Paul Krugman

Miu, Kimberly2019-08-30T12:02:58-04:00Center News, Videos|

Poverty in the EU Using Augmented Measures of Financial Resources: The Role of Assets and Debt

Fisher, Carolyn2021-12-13T16:47:26-04:00

Poverty in the EU Using Augmented Measures of Financial Resources: The Role of Assets and Debt

Fisher, Carolyn2023-04-10T14:02:43-04:00

Mobility

Reframing Public Policy Discourse for Dignity, Community, and Resilience

Kitses, Jennifer2024-03-07T13:53:40-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Scholars' Blog Posts|

Miles Corak: Inequality and Social Mobility at the Pearson Global Forum 2023

Fisher, Carolyn2024-03-07T14:14:01-04:00Videos|

Inequality of Opportunity and Intergenerational Persistence in Latin America

Fisher, Carolyn2024-01-23T15:00:42-04:00

Inherited Inequality: A General Framework and an Application to South Africa

Fisher, Carolyn2024-01-23T14:50:08-04:00

Inequality

The Stone Center’s Ignacio Flores Launches Site on Inequality in Latin America

Fisher, Carolyn2024-04-08T12:05:21-04:00Homepage, Scholar Interviews|

Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman in Conversation

Fisher, Carolyn2024-04-03T13:55:48-04:00News and Commentary, Videos|

Poverty and Poverty Reduction Among Non-Elderly, Nondisabled, Childless Adults in Affluent Countries: The United States in Cross-National Perspective

Fisher, Carolyn2024-04-22T14:06:00-04:00

The Three Eras of Global Inequality, 1820–2020 with the Focus on the Past Thirty Years

Fisher, Carolyn2024-01-31T13:10:00-04:00

Employment/Work

Looking at the Workplace as a Site to Reduce Inequality

Kitses, Jennifer2024-02-13T13:19:19-04:00Center News, Homepage, News and Commentary|

Nancy Folbre: Unlike Bankers, Employees in Care Industries Can’t Capture Rents

Kitses, Jennifer2023-05-17T11:50:08-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Scholar Interviews|

Changing Household Structures, Household Employment, and Poverty Trends in Rich Countries

Kitses, Jennifer2023-12-14T11:11:42-04:00

Immigration and Regional Specialization in AI

Kitses, Jennifer2023-10-30T10:14:01-04:00

Work Hours

Mothers ‘Working’ from Home: Setback or Salvation?

Kitses, Jennifer2021-08-13T12:53:45-04:00Homepage, News and Commentary, Scholars' Blog Posts|

Automation and Income Inequality in Europe

Kitses, Jennifer2023-10-23T09:51:05-04:00

Homoploutia: Top Labor and Capital Incomes in the United States, 1950–2020

Fisher, Carolyn2024-04-10T13:52:55-04:00

Spotlight

The GC Wealth Project

The project is a multi-year collaboration to expand access to current research and information on wealth inequality.