Assistant Professor
Bocconi University
Senior Fellow
Center on Poverty and Social Policy
Columbia University
Zach Parolin is an assistant professor at Bocconi University in Milan and a senior fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. He received his Ph.D. in socio-economics from the University of Antwerp in 2018. His research focuses on the measurement and determinants of poverty and social inequality in high-income countries.
Areas of Expertise
Poverty
Income Inequality
Measurement
Labor Markets
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 84: Poverty and Poverty Reduction Among Non-Elderly, Nondisabled, Childless Adults in Affluent Countries: The United States in Cross-National Perspective
- Panel: Child Poverty in America: Investing in Our Future
- Interview: Zachary Parolin on What We Learned About U.S. Poverty, and Ways to Reduce It, from the Pandemic
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 51: Minimum Income Support for Families with Children in Europe and the US: Where Does It Stand?
- Co-author: Pathways Toward Inclusive Income Growth: A Comparative Decomposition of National Growth Profiles
- Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 42: Pathways Toward Inclusive Income Growth: A Comparative Decomposition of National Growth Profiles
- Interview: ‘There’s No Substitute for Just Giving Poor People Money’: David Brady and Zach Parolin Discuss Their Research on Deep and Extreme Poverty
- Blog Post: What Explains the Decline of Cash Assistance in the United States?