What Are the ‘Right’ Numbers to Use When Measuring Equality of Opportunity?
In this research spotlight, a paper by Miles Corak focuses on Australia to answer questions of theory, data, and statistics when calculating intergenerational mobility.
Is Inclusive Growth an Oxymoron?
In this commentary, originally posted on the World Bank’s Let’s Talk Development blog, Pinelopi Goldberg of Yale University discusses why reducing inequality may be essential for growth.
How Financialization Increases Inequality — and a Means of Keeping Its Impact in Check
In this research spotlight, a study by Evelyne Huber, Bilyana Petrova, and John D. Stephens shows how labor can limit the effects of the financial sector.
To Reduce Inequality, We Need a More Democratic System of Political Representation
In this commentary, Professor Leslie McCall, associate director of the Stone Center, explains why, in the United States, efforts to increase voting access are critical to achieving a more egalitarian society.
CUNY TV: Janet Gornick on Pandemic Economics
Janet Gornick talks about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19 on CUNY TV.
Wealth Transfers and Net Wealth at Death: Evidence from the Italian Inheritance Tax Records 1995–2016
P. Acciari and S. Morelli. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 26. 2020.
How Changes in Income Composition Inequality Challenge Our Thinking About Socio-Economic Classes
In this interview, Marco Ranaldi discusses his work on measuring the shares of income that come from capital and labor, and what this means for the structure of the economy.
Capitalist Systems and Income Inequality
M. Ranaldi and B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 25. 2020.
The Two Growth Rates of the Economy
A. Adamou, Y. Berman, and O. Peters. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 24. 2020.
Epidemics, Inequality and Poverty in Preindustrial and Early Industrial Times
G. Alfani. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 23. 2020.