NYT: The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest
In The New York Times, David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy provide an interactive look at the middle class across countries from 1980 to 2010 using LIS data.
Folio: Interview with Janet Gornick
In an interview with CUNY’s Folio, Janet Gornick discusses elements of her 2012 commencement speech and why poverty and inequality are growing more important to the current debate.
Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility
M. Corak. Journal of Economic Perspectives. vol. 27, no. 3. pp. 79-102. 2013.
Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries
J.C. Gornick and M. Jäntti (eds). Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. 2013.
How to Slide Down the ‘Great Gatsby Curve’: Inequality, Life Chances, and Public Policy in the United States
M. Corak. The Center for American Progress. 2012.
Economic Mobility, Family Background, and the Well-Being of Children in the United States and Canada
M. Corak, L.J. Curtis, and S. Phipps. In Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility. T.M. Smeeding, R. Erikson, and M. Jäntti (eds). Chapt. 3. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2011.
The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers
M. Corak and P. Piraino. Journal of Labor Economics. vol. 29, no. 1. pp. 37-68. 2011.
Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe
M. Corak (ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2004.