The Decline in Intergenerational Mobility After 1980
J. M.V. Davis and B. Mazumder. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 11. 2020.
From Workers to Capitalists in Less Than Two Generations: A Study of Chinese Urban Elite Transformation Between 1988 and 2013
L. Yang, F. Novokmet, and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 06. 2020.
Economic Inequality in Preindustrial Germany, ca. 1300–1850
G. Alfani, V. Gierok, and F. Schaff. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 03. 2020.
How Strong Is the Safety Net in the United States? It Depends on Where You Live
In this research spotlight, a study by Janet Gornick and colleagues focuses attention on a seldom-discussed axis of inequality in the US: variation in social safety net policies across states.
Does Adjusting for Family Size Eliminate the Partnership Benefit?
In this spotlight on data, Leslie McCall considers whether adjusting for family size eliminates economic benefits for families headed by couples compared to those headed by single people.
Analysis: Which Americans Shouldn’t Get Government Aid?
In his New York Times newsletter, Paul Krugman discusses the political debate over who should and who shouldn’t receive government aid.
Couples with (Economic) Benefits
In this spotlight on data, Leslie McCall discusses how marriage and cohabitation — relative to being single — affect where men and women fall along the income distribution.
The Economist: Redistribution and Innovation Drive Canada’s Changing Economy
In The Economist, Miles Corak weighs in on some of Canada's economic challenges for sustaining its middle class.
Analysis: The Damaging Power of the .01 Percent
In his weekly newsletter for The New York Times, Paul Krugman discusses why we should be discussing the economic super elite.
The Canadian Geography of Intergenerational Mobility
M. Corak. The Economic Journal. vol. 130, no. 631, pp. 2134–2174. 2020.