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.
A New Study Shows That Status Signals Have Potentially Large Effects on Compassionate Giving
A new study by Bennett Callaghan of the Stone Center, Quinton Delgadillo, and Michael Kraus investigates how signals indicating relatively higher or lower social class are linked to helping people in need.
Intergenerational Mobility in Income and Consumption: Evidence from Indonesia
R. Zafar. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 55. 2022.
Americonned: Film Screening and Discussion
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.
Wealth and Its Distribution in Germany, 1895–2018
T. N. H. Albers, C. Bartels, and M. Schularick. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 54. 2022.