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.
Intergenerational Mobility in Income and Consumption: Evidence from Indonesia
R. Zafar. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 55. 2022.
The Great Gatsby, Then and Now
In this post, Miles Corak explains how he came to write the introductory essay to a new edition of The Great Gatsby, now available from Century Press.
Why Economists Should Think Like Sociologists: An Interview with Steven Durlauf
In this interview, University of Chicago economist and Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Steven Durlauf discusses his working paper on the Great Gatsby Curve and how sociology has influenced his work on poverty, inequality, and economic growth.
The Great Gatsby Curve
S. N. Durlauf, A. Kourtellos, and C. M. Tan. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 43. 2021.
Measuring Intergenerational Income Mobility: A Synthesis of Approaches
N. Deutscher and B. Mazumder. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 39. 2021.
Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy: Evidence from China and India
M. S. Emran, F. Ferreira, Y. Jiang, and Y. Sun. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 34. 2021.
Ercio Muñoz, Member of Wealth Project Team, Wins Dissertation Fellowship
Ercio Muñoz, a member of The GC Wealth Project team, was awarded The Graduate Center’s Mario Capelloni Dissertation Fellowship.