Virtual Workshop 2020: Punishment and Inequality
In this presentation, Bruce Western documents the rise in mass incarceration at the end of the 20th century as well as the challenges of the re-entry process after prison.
Virtual Workshop 2020: Inequality from the Child’s Perspective
In this presentation, Miles Corak describes how the advantages and disadvantages of family background are passed down from one generation to the next, perpetuating inequality.
Virtual Workshop 2020: Inequality and the Labor Movement
In this presentation, Ruth Milkman offers an overview of inequality as it relates to the U.S. labor movement.
Virtual Workshop 2020: The Social Psychology of Inequality
In this presentation, Michael Kraus examines the social psychological underpinnings of beliefs about inequality and related policy preferences.
Virtual Workshop 2020: The Multidimensional Politics of Inequality in the United States
In this presentation, Leslie McCall critically examines common assumptions underlying how Americans think about issues of economic inequality and related policies to reduce inequality.
Panel: Reducing Inequality Now
Leading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets, and examine the prospects for policy and institutional changes that could create a more equal society.
Reducing Inequality Now (Special Online Event)
Watch leading economic experts discuss the gaping disparities by race and class that have driven so many Americans into the streets
Identity Politics Are Part of the Solution to Inequality, Not Part of the Problem
In this research spotlight, a study by Leslie McCall and her coauthor, Ann Shola Orloff, calls for examining the connections among different dimensions of inequality.
Social Mobility is Twice as Great in Canada as in the United States
In this research spotlight, a study by Miles Corak and colleagues of differences within the United States and Canada suggests why U.S. mobility is lower than in other rich countries.
The Implications of Covid-19 for Health Inequities
In this commentary, Jaquelyn Jahn, a social epidemiologist who will be joining the Stone Center as a postdoctoral scholar this fall, discusses the consequences of the pandemic on incarcerated populations.