The Great Escape—Health, Wealth, and Inequality
In this video, Angus Deaton traces the dramatic increase in human prosperity over the past 250 years as well as the widening gap between the poor and sick, and the rich and well.
Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty: Rich and Middle Income Countries
S. Morelli, T. Smeeding, and J.P. Thompson. In Handbook of Income Distribution Vol. 2A. A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds). pp. 596-693. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2015.
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: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries
J.C. Gornick and M. Jäntti (eds). Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. 2013.
Reform and Inequality During the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005
B. Milanovic and L. Ersado. In Economies in Transition: The Long-Run View. G. Roland (ed). pp. 84-108. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012.
Global Inequality: From Class to Location, from Proletarians to Migrants
B. Milanovic. Global Policy. vol. 3, no. 2. pp. 125-134. 2012.
Child Poverty in Cross-National Perspective: Lessons from the Luxembourg Income Study
J.C. Gornick and M. Jäntti. Children and Youth Services Review. vol. 34, no. 3. pp. 558-568. 2012.
Women, Poverty, and Social Policy Regimes: A Cross-National Analysis
J.C. Gornick and M. Jäntti. In Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries. P. Saunders and R. Sainsbury (eds). pp. 63-95. Antwerp: Intersentia. 2010.
Who Cares? Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality in Parental Leave Policy Designs in 21 Countries
R. Ray, J.C. Gornick, and J. Schmitt. Journal of European Social Policy. vol. 20, no. 3. pp. 196-216. 2010.
Four Critiques of the Redistribution Hypothesis: An Assessment
B. Milanovic. European Journal of Political Economy. vol. 26, no. 1. pp. 147-154. 2010.