The Inequality (or the Growth) We Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes
F. Alvaredo, M. De Rosa, I. Flores, and M. Morgan. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no 49. 2022.
The Weight of the Rich: Improving Surveys Using Tax Data
T. Blanchet, I. Flores, and M. Morgan. The Journal of Economic Inequality. vol. 20, pp. 119–150. 2022.
Capitalist Systems and Income Inequality
M. Ranaldi and B. Milanovic. Journal of Comparative Economics. vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 20–32. 2022.
Mind the Gap: Disparities in Measured Income Between Survey and Tax Data
In this commentary, originally posted on VoxEU, Nishant Yonzan, Branko Milanovic, Salvatore Morelli, and Janet Gornick analyze when and why household survey data and tax data diverge at the top of the income distribution.
Why Economists Should Think Like Sociologists: An Interview with Steven Durlauf
In this interview, University of Chicago economist and Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Steven Durlauf discusses his working paper on the Great Gatsby Curve and how sociology has influenced his work on poverty, inequality, and economic growth.
Measuring Inequality in Latin America: A Conversation with Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Ignacio Flores
In this interview, Ignacio Flores discusses his work on constructing macro-consistent estimates of inequality in Latin America and a project on agricultural land distribution in France.
Panel: From Understanding Inequality to Reducing Inequality
In this video, a panel of social scientists, including Janet Gornick and Leslie McCall, discuss ways for researchers to move beyond describing and quantifying the problem of inequality and to focus instead on ways to reduce it.
The Great Gatsby Curve
S. N. Durlauf, A. Kourtellos, and C. M. Tan. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 43. 2021.
The Stone Center’s First Postdocs Reflect on Their Two Years at the Graduate Center and Look Toward the Future
In this interview, Bilyana Petrova and Marco Ranaldi discuss what they learned at the Stone Center and the new positions they will be starting this fall.
Measuring Poverty’s Multiple Dimensions: New Guidance for Countries Developing Multidimensional Poverty Measures
In this commentary, originally posted on the World Bank’s Data Blog, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Maria Ana Lugo and her coauthors discuss a roadmap for governments seeking to design and adopt a national measure of multidimensional poverty.