Fractal Theory of Income Distribution
M. Ranaldi. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 62. 2023.
Leslie McCall: The Multidimensional Politics of Inequality, LSE Event
In the inaugural Social Policy Lecture at LSE, Leslie McCall presents a novel analytical framework for the understanding of popular responses to economic inequality.
Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth
R. Chetty, J.N. Friedman, J.C. Gornick, B. Johnson, and A. Kennickell (eds). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2022.
Tina Law on Training Computational Social Scientists and Her Own Path to Becoming One
In this interview, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Tina Law discusses the origins and growth of computational social science, how she became a sociologist, and why receiving her doctoral degree was particularly meaningful to her.
The Three Eras of Global Inequality, 1820–2020, with the Focus on the Past Thirty Years
B. Milanovic. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 59. 2022.
Shades of Social Mobility: Colorism, Ethnic Origin and Intergenerational Social Mobility
L. Monroy-Gómez-Franco. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 58. 2022.
A Study Demonstrates a Better Method of Measuring Intergenerational Mobility in Middle- and Low-Income Countries
A working paper by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Rafia Zafar shows that consumption expenditures can be used to accurately measure mobility in Indonesia, one of the largest lower-middle income countries in the world.
Miles Corak: The Great Gatsby Curve
In this interview, Miles Corak discusses the fraying of the American Dream and the power of inequality to disrupt the promise of social mobility.
Guido Alfani on What Past Epidemics Can Teach Us About the Impact of Covid-19 on Inequality
In this interview, Guido Alfani, a professor of economic history at Bocconi University, Milan, and an affiliated scholar at the Stone Center, discusses his latest paper on epidemics, inequality, and poverty.
Branko Milanovic: Expert Knowledge and Policy-Making, EUI Interview
Branko Milanovic discusses expert knowledge and policy-making in this interview by Miloš Vojinović of the European University Institute (EUI) as part of their series on the crisis of expert knowledge and authority.