After the Financial Crisis: The Evolution of the Global Income Distribution Between 2008 and 2013
B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 18. 2020.
What Accounts for the Rising Share of Women in the Top 1%?
R. V. Burkhauser, N. Hérault, S. P. Jenkins, and R. Wilkins. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 17. 2020.
Panel: Reducing Inequality Now
Leading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets, and examine the prospects for policy and institutional changes that could create a more equal society.
Assortative Mating and Labor Income Inequality: Evidence from Fifty Years of Coupling in the U.S.
N. Yonzan. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 15. 2020.
The U.S. Middle Class Isn’t Shrinking, But It Is Getting Squeezed as Inequality Rises
In this interview, Janet Gornick discusses how the size of the middle class in the United States and other rich countries has shifted in recent decades, and the implications for inequality.
Analysis: Literature and Inequality
In his personal blog post, Branko Milanovic examines data from “Pride and Prejudice” and "Anna Karenina" as vignettes to explore income inequality in 19th century literature.
Analysis: Cross-National Comparisons–Shining a Light on Income Inequality
In this brief, prepared for the Social Science Research Council, Janet Gornick and Nathaniel Johnson explore variation across countries and over time in levels of income inequality and in the size of the middle class.
How Is Social Mobility Related to Inequality?
In this interview, Yonatan Berman discusses his research on the interrelationships among absolute mobility, relative mobility, growth, and inequality.
Thoughts from the Stone Center on the Pandemic and Its Impact
In this commentary, Stone Center faculty — Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic, and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality, offer insights on the COVID-19 crisis.
Poor Laborers and Rich Capitalists? On the Evolution of Income Composition Inequality in Italy 1989–2016
R. Iacono and M. Ranaldi. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 13. 2020.