The Stone Center Announces Its Third Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars
Ignacio Flores and Rafia Zafar will join the Stone Center as postdoctoral scholars in September 2021.
The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean
E. Muñoz. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 29. 2021.
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.
Educational Inequalities Have Increased, But Intergenerational Income Persistence Remained the Same. What’s Behind the (Relatively) Good News?
In this research spotlight, a study by Deirdre Bloome and her colleagues about a child’s likelihood of winding up on the same income rung as her parents sheds light on countervailing trends.
Intergenerational Transfers by Size and Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries
B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no 21. 2020.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth in Rich Countries
In this blog post, Brian Nolan and his coauthors discuss their research on patterns of wealth transfers across generations and the role this plays in wealth accumulation.
How Intergenerational Mobility Declined After 1980, When Inequality Soared
In this interview, Bhash Mazumder discusses his work on intergenerational mobility, why the subject is so difficult to study, and how race factors into mobility and inequality.
The Wealth of Families: The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth in Britain in Comparative Perspective
B. Nolan, J. Palomino, P. Van Kerm, and S. Morelli. Institute for New Economic Thinking/Oxford. 2020
Virtual Workshop 2020: Persistent Effect of Prenatal Stress on Children’s Cognitive and Educational Outcomes
In this presentation, Florencia Torche explores the impact of prenatal exposure to stress on children’s outcomes, especially on their cognitive ability and educational outcomes.
Virtual Workshop 2020: The Growing Relevance of Wealth and Inheritance
In this presentation, Salvatore Morelli explores the increasing importance of wealth inequality, which has been rising since the 1980s in high-income countries.