Our First Two Postdocs Have Been Selected
Bilyana Petrova and Marco Ranaldi will join the Stone Center in September 2019.
Analysis: Where Are the Limits of Europe?
In this post for Social Europe, Branko Milanovic discussed the inequality successive EU enlargements have enhanced.
Financial Post: Canada’s Income Ladder Is Easier to Climb Than America’s, but It’s Way Smaller
In this article, the Financial Post's William Watson explores a study by Miles Corak, Marie Connolly and Catherine Haeck on the intergenerational transmission of income inequality in Canada and the United States.
Student Spotlight: Chuxin Liu
Our research assistant Chuxin Lui discusses what sparked her interest in studying economics and inequality.
Rising Out of Poverty in South Africa: Risks Faced by the Poor and Vulnerable
Prof. Murray Leibbrandt discusses his study on poverty dynamics and inequality in South Africa between 2008–2017.
Leslie McCall on Inequality and Public Opinion
In this lecture, Leslie McCall presents a framework for understanding how, in the United States, public opinions about inequality, economic opportunity, and redistribution are related to one another in ways that are at odds with key tenets of American exceptionalism.
UNDP Panel: Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century
In this video, Paul Krugman, Janet Gornick, Achim Steiner, and other experts discuss the challenges of addressing global inequality.
LIS Data and Quantitative Methods
In this video, Leslie McCall discusses quantitative methods in the social sciences and their uses in the Stone Center's work.
What Happens When We Focus on Women?
Janet Gornick explains how proposed universal child care and other social benefit programs would help workers in the United States.
Panel: Discussing a ‘Maximum Wage’
Janet Gornick, Chuck Collins, and Sam Pizzigati engage in a discussion on addressing income inequality.