Miles Corak

The Stone Center’s sixth cohort of postdoctoral scholars, Zhexun Mo and Severin Rapp, will start new positions this fall after they complete their two-year terms at the Graduate Center. Mo will join the economics department of Laval University, and Rapp will join the London School of Economics's International Inequalities Institute.

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

In this post, Stone Center Senior Scholar Miles Corak discusses economic justice. The text is adapted from Corak’s response during a panel discussion at the Pearson Institute’s 2023 Global Forum, held at the University of Chicago.

In this video, Miles Corak joins a panel discussion on inequality and social mobility at the Pearson Institute's 2023 Global Forum.

In this interview, Miles Corak discusses the fraying of the American Dream and the power of inequality to disrupt the promise of social mobility.

In this post, Miles Corak explains how he came to write the introductory essay to a new edition of The Great Gatsby, now available from Century Press.

In this research spotlight, a paper by Miles Corak focuses on Australia to answer questions of theory, data, and statistics when calculating intergenerational mobility.

In this presentation, Miles Corak describes how the advantages and disadvantages of family background are passed down from one generation to the next, perpetuating inequality.

In this research spotlight, a study by Miles Corak and colleagues of differences within the United States and Canada suggests why U.S. mobility is lower than in other rich countries.

In this commentary, Stone Center faculty — Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic, and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality, offer insights on the COVID-19 crisis.