What Are the ‘Right’ Numbers to Use When Measuring Equality of Opportunity?
In this research spotlight, a paper by Miles Corak focuses on Australia to answer questions of theory, data, and statistics when calculating intergenerational mobility.
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. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 27. 2020.
How Financialization Increases Inequality — and a Means of Keeping Its Impact in Check
In this research spotlight, a study by Evelyne Huber, Bilyana Petrova, and John D. Stephens shows how labor can limit the effects of the financial sector.
Capitalist Systems and Income Inequality
M. Ranaldi and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 25. 2020.
The Two Growth Rates of the Economy
A. Adamou, Y. Berman, and O. Peters. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 24. 2020.
Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times
G. Alfani. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 23. 2020.
Redistribution Revisited: Insuring Risks in the Long Run
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.
Redistribution and Insurance in Welfare States Around the World
C. Bartels and D. Neumann. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 22. 2020.
Intergenerational Transfers by Size and Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries
B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no 21. 2020.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth in Rich Countries
In this blog post, Brian Nolan and his coauthors discuss their research on patterns of wealth transfers across generations and the role this plays in wealth accumulation.