The Wealth of Families: The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth in Britain in Comparative Perspective
B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Institute for New Economic Thinking/Oxford. 2020
Virtual Workshop 2020: LIS: A Resource for Inequality Research
In this presentation, Janet Gornick presents an overview of resources available through LIS, the cross-national data archive.
Virtual Workshop 2020: Cross-National Inequality: Trends, Causes, and Consequences
In this presentation, Lane Kenworthy offers an overview of trends in several measures of income inequality across a set of 21 rich democracies.
Class Position and Political Opinion in Rich Democracies
A. Lindh and L. McCall. Annual Review of Sociology. vol. 46, no. 1. pp. 419–441. 2020.
The U.S. Middle Class Isn’t Shrinking, But It Is Getting Squeezed as Inequality Rises
In this interview, Janet Gornick discusses how the size of the middle class in the United States and other rich countries has shifted in recent decades, and the implications for inequality.
How Bad Government Contributes to Inequality
In this research spotlight, a study by Bilyana Petrova shows how corruption and inefficiency obstruct the supply side of redistribution.
Analysis: Literature and Inequality
In his personal blog post, Branko Milanovic examines data from “Pride and Prejudice” and "Anna Karenina" as vignettes to explore income inequality in 19th century literature.
Analysis: Cross-National Comparisons–Shining a Light on Income Inequality
In this brief, prepared for the Social Science Research Council, Janet Gornick and Nathaniel Johnson explore variation across countries and over time in levels of income inequality and in the size of the middle class.
Social Mobility is Twice as Great in Canada as in the United States
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.
How Is Social Mobility Related to Inequality?
In this interview, Yonatan Berman discusses his research on the interrelationships among absolute mobility, relative mobility, growth, and inequality.