Drawing a Line: Comparing the Estimation of Top Incomes Between Tax Data and Household Survey Data
N. Yonzan, B. Milanovic, S. Morelli, and J. Gornick. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 27. 2020.
Wealth Transfers and Net Wealth at Death: Evidence from the Italian Inheritance Tax Records 1995–2016
P. Acciari and S. Morelli. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 26. 2020.
Redistribution Revisited: Insuring Risks in the Long Run
In this blog post, Charlotte Bartels and Dirk Neumann, the authors of a new Stone Center Working Paper, discuss how long-run and annual redistribution diverge in various welfare states, and the implications for policymaking.
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
What Accounts for the Rising Share of Women in the Top 1%?
R. V. Burkhauser, N. Hérault, S. P. Jenkins, and R. Wilkins. Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 17. 2020.
Thoughts from the Stone Center on the Pandemic and Its Impact
In this commentary, Stone Center faculty — Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic, and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality, offer insights on the COVID-19 crisis.
Analysis: Ottawa’s ‘Just-in-Time’ Government and Covid-19
In an op-ed in The Globe and Mail, Miles Corak discusses the role of government during the COVID-19 crisis and says we should always be investing and innovating in public service delivery.
How Strong Is the Safety Net in the United States? It Depends on Where You Live
In this research spotlight, a study by Janet Gornick and colleagues focuses attention on a seldom-discussed axis of inequality in the US: variation in social safety net policies across states.
Panel: The Triumph of Injustice
In this video, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman discuss their recent book and why the United States needs to increase wealth taxes to combat inequality.
Extreme Wealth Inequality Is Pernicious
In this interview, Salvatore Morelli explains why wealth inequality is in some ways a more dangerous threat than income inequality.