Redistribution

A discussion of the latest volume of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, which focuses on on single-parent families and the best approaches to support them. Janet Gornick, director of the Stone Center, presents an overview of the research.

In this post, Stone Center research assistant Joseph van der Naald discusses the chapter of the recently published "Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth" that he co-authored with Sarah Bruch and Janet Gornick.

S. K. Bruch, J. van der Naald, and J. C. Gornick. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 56. 2022.

In this interview, Guido Alfani, a professor of economic history at Bocconi University, Milan, and an affiliated scholar at the Stone Center, discusses his latest paper on epidemics, inequality, and poverty.

A new study by Stockholm University’s Arvid Lindh and the Stone Center’s Leslie McCall reveals preferences among Americans for policies that reduce pay inequality within major U.S. corporations — which in turn challenges assumptions about support for free markets.

E. Aerts, I. Marx, and Z. Parolin. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 51. 2022.

A. Lindh and L. McCall. Socio-Economic Review. 2022.

Jessica Trounstine’s chapter in the recently published book The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power examines the ongoing impact of restrictive land use policies on inequality in metropolitan areas across the U.S.

In this video, Salvatore Morelli presents his talk at the digital event “How Fast Will Tomorrow Be?” This video is in Italian.

In this commentary, Ive Marx of the University of Antwerp and Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Brian Nolan of the University of Oxford introduce a special issue of the Journal of European Social Policy focused on social policy and wealth.