Earnings/Wages/Pay

R. Chetty, J.N. Friedman, J.C. Gornick, B. Johnson, and A. Kennickell (eds). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2022.

M. Ranaldi and E. Palagi. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 57. 2022.

Paul Krugman leads a panel of experts who will discuss the current economy's high inflation and low unemployment, and the policies that can help the U.S. avoid a recession.

Join us for a preview of the new film Americonned, about the effects of income inequality in America and the impact on American workers. A post-screening discussion will feature director Sean Claffey, labor organizers Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer, and Janet Gornick, Director of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality.

A new study by Stockholm University’s Arvid Lindh and the Stone Center’s Leslie McCall reveals preferences among Americans for policies that reduce pay inequality within major U.S. corporations — which in turn challenges assumptions about support for free markets.

N. Yonzan, B. Milanovic, S. Morelli, and J. Gornick. The Journal of Economic Inequality. vol. 20, pp. 67–95. 2022.

M. Ranaldi. The Review of Income and Wealth. vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 139–160. 2022.

B. Milanovic. The Review of Income and Wealth. vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 43–73. 2022.

In this post, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Alexander Hertel-Fernandez analyzes the history of the U.S. labor movement. The text was originally published as a book chapter in The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power.

S. Morelli, B. Nolan, J. C. Palomino, and P. Van Kerm. Journal of European Social Policy. vol. 31, no. 5. pp. 533–548. 2021.