Panel: Occupy Wall Street: Its Impact 10 Years Later
In this video, activists who participated in the Occupy movement discuss its impact 10 years later.
An Inequality on Top of Inequalities: When People Who Can’t Get Bank Accounts Turn to Prepaid Cards, They Face a Confusing Array of Options
New behavioral economics research by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Emiliano Huet-Vaughn and his coauthors proposes a way to make choosing the right card easier.
The Mental Health Impacts of Police Stops on Adolescent Boys and Girls, and the Connection Between Police Violence and Pregnancy Loss
In this interview, Jaquelyn Jahn discusses two of her recently published papers, which examine the effects of policing, and police violence, on vulnerable groups: teenagers and pregnant women.
Measuring Intergenerational Income Mobility: A Synthesis of Approaches
N. Deutscher and B. Mazumder. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 39. 2021.
From Workers to Capitalists in Less than Two Generations: A Study of Chinese Urban Top Group Transformation Between 1988 and 2013
L. Yang, F. Novokmet, and B. Milanovic. The British Journal of Sociology. vol. 72, no. 3. pp. 478–513. 2021.
The Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862–1910
B. Mijatović and B. Milanovic. The Economic History Review. vol. 74, no. 2. pp. 424–448. 2021.
Changing Minds on Racial Inequality: Focusing on the Reasons Driving the Disparities Is Critical
In this commentary, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Bennett Callaghan explains why discussing the existence of inequality isn’t enough to change public opinion, and can even backfire.
How Is Personal Wealth Concentrated in Italy, Which Has One of the Highest Wealth-to-Income Ratios Among High-Income Countries?
A working paper by Paolo Acciari, Facundo Alvaredo, and Salvatore Morelli uses a novel source to shed light on the wealth distribution from 1995 to 2016.
Has the Increasing Rate of Births Outside of Marriage Made the ‘Marriage Premium’ for Children Disappear?
In this research spotlight, a study by Florencia Torche and Alejandra Abufhele examines whether the benefits of parents’ marital status for children depend on the social context.
‘There’s No Substitute for Just Giving Poor People Money’: David Brady and Zach Parolin Discuss Their Research on Deep and Extreme Poverty
In this interview, the authors explain why childless households are fueling the rise in poverty in the United States, and how simple policy changes could end this problem.