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In this interview, the authors explain why childless households are fueling the rise in poverty in the United States, and how simple policy changes could end this problem.

In this research spotlight, a study by Hilary W. Hoynes and her colleagues uses large-scale data to determine whether the SNAP program is a cost-effective investment.

B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Economics Letters. vol. 199. 2021.

Y. Berman and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 28. 2020.

In this research spotlight, a study by Deirdre Bloome and her colleagues about a child’s likelihood of winding up on the same income rung as her parents sheds light on countervailing trends.

In this commentary, originally posted on the World Bank’s Let’s Talk Development blog, Pinelopi Goldberg of Yale University discusses why reducing inequality may be essential for growth.

In this blog post, Arthur B. Kennickell, the former director of the SCF, uses the latest data to step beyond the usual summary statistics to chart the changes in wealth and income, revealing important distributional shifts.

A. Adamou, Y. Berman, and O. Peters. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 24. 2020.

G. Alfani. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 23. 2020.

In this blog post, Charlotte Bartels and Dirk Neumann, the authors of a new Stone Center Working Paper, discuss how long-run and annual redistribution diverge in various welfare states, and the implications for policymaking.