Real Urban Wage in an Agricultural Economy Without Landless Farmers: Serbia 1862–1910
B. Mijatović and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper. no. 01. 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.
Economic Self-Reliance and Gender Inequality Between U.S. Men and Women, 1970–2010
D. Bloome, D. Burk, and L. McCall. American Journal of Sociology. vol. 124, no. 5. 2019.
What Happens When We Focus on Women?
Janet Gornick explains how proposed universal child care and other social benefit programs would help workers in the United States.
Workers and Wages in America Today
Event: A panel of experts examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker.
Panel: Workers and Wages in America Today
In this video, a panel of experts examines the power, or weakness, of the American worker.
2018 Rainwater Memorial Lecture: Professor Kathryn Edin
In this video, Kathryn Edin explains her work with the next generation of working-class men.
Redistributional Policy in Rich Countries: Institutions and Impacts in Nonelderly Households
J.C. Gornick and T.M. Smeeding. Annual Review of Sociology. vol. 44. pp. 441-468. 2018.
Panel: Trade, Jobs, and Inequality (First 100 Days)
In this video, New York Times columnist Eduardo Porter hosts a panel of experts on the complex interrelationship between trade, jobs, and inequality.
Panel: Globalization and Inequality
Is globalization responsible for increased income inequality? Watch three experts and Graduate Center professors explore the complex relationship between these large-scale economic trends.