On the Distribution of Estates and the Distribution of Wealth: Evidence from the Dead
Y. Berman and S. Morelli. NBER. 2021.
Milanovic on Income Inequality, Part 2: Ricardo and Marx
In this lecture, Branko Milanovic discusses income inequality in the work of David Ricardo and Karl Marx.
Intergenerational Wealth Transfers and Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries: What Do We Learn from Gini Decomposition?
B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Economics Letters. vol. 199. 2021.
Milanovic on Income Inequality, Part 1: Quesnay and Smith
In this lecture, Branko Milanovic presents how the classical writers François Quesnay and Adam Smith discussed inequality and how their discussion may be interpreted in the terms of interpersonal inequality.
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.
Measuring Inequality and the ‘Missing Rich’: The Challenges of Capturing the Income and Wealth of the Most Affluent
In this interview, Nora Lustig discusses the importance of accurately assessing the very top of the income and wealth distributions when analyzing inequality.
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.
In Search of the Roots of American Inequality Exceptionalism: An Analysis Based on Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Data
J. C. Gornick, B. Milanovic, and N. Johnson. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 20. 2020.