How Rich Were the Rich? An Empirically-Based Taxonomy of Pre-Industrial Bases of Wealth
B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 69. 2023.
2022 Rainwater Memorial Lecture: Professor Orlando Patterson
Sociologist Orlando Patterson delivers the third Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture, "Slavery and Genocide: Jamaica, The U.S. South and the Demography of Evil, 1650–1830."
Tax Principles, Policy Feedback, and Self-Interest: Cross-National Experimental Evidence on Wealth Tax Preferences
M. Schechtl and D. Tisch. Socio-Economic Review. 2023.
Searching for the Roots of U.S. Inequality Exceptionalism: Janet Gornick and Branko Milanovic
In this post, Janet Gornick and Branko Milanovic discuss the results of their study, "In Search of the Roots of American Inequality Exceptionalism: An Analysis Based on Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Data,” an examination of what underlies the high level of income inequality in the U.S.
The Persistence of the Gender Earnings Gap: Cohort Trends and the Role of Education in Twelve Countries
E. Bar-Haim, L. Chauvel, J. Gornick, and A. Hartung. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 60. 2022.
When Rich Democracies Exacerbate Poverty: Manuel Schechtl on Fiscal Impoverishment
In this interview, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Manuel Schechtl discusses his research interests and his working paper on fiscal impoverishment, a new framework in comparative poverty research.
A Comparative Perspective on Policies to Support Single-Parent Families: Webinar
A discussion of the latest volume of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, which focuses on on single-parent families and the best approaches to support them. Janet Gornick, director of the Stone Center, presents an overview of the research.
The Three Eras of Global Inequality, 1820–2020, with the Focus on the Past Thirty Years
B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 59. 2022.
Minimum Income Support for Families with Children in Europe and the US: Where Does It Stand?
E. Aerts, I. Marx, and Z. Parolin. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 51. 2022.
Drawing a Line: Comparing the Estimation of Top Incomes Between Tax Data and Household Survey Data
N. Yonzan, B. Milanovic, S. Morelli, and J. Gornick. The Journal of Economic Inequality. vol. 20, pp. 67–95. 2022.